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Police burn protest tents to clear Cairo’s Tahrir (AP)

Protesters run from tear gas during clashes with Egyptian riot police in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police on Sunday clashed for a second day with thousands of rock-throwing protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over power to an elected government.  (AP Photo)AP – Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in the middle of Cairo’s Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault Sunday to drive out thousands demanding that the military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. At least four protesters were killed.


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Flames in Tahrir as police try to clear protesters (AP)

Protesters run from tear gas during clashes with Egyptian riot police in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police on Sunday clashed for a second day with thousands of rock-throwing protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over power to an elected government.  (AP Photo)AP – Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in the middle of Cairo’s Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault Sunday to drive out thousands demanding that the military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. At least three protesters were killed.


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Police clear out downtown Occupy Oakland camp (AP)

Protesters pack up and leave hours before a mandate from the city to vacate the Occupy Portland Camp in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)AP – Riot-clad law enforcement officers cleared out a weeks-old anti-Wall Street encampment in Oakland just before dawn Monday after issuing several warnings to Occupy demonstrators.


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Occupy: Police clear OR park, CA action possible (AP)

Police officers arrest a protester in the Portland encampment Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, in, Portland, Ore. In a tense escalation of the Occupy Portland protest, police in riot gear Sunday surrounded demonstrators in a downtown park area after hundreds of people defied the mayor's order to leave the park by midnight. By early afternoon, officers had mostly surrounded the camp where the protesters were holding a 'general assembly' meeting to discuss their next moves following the eviction order. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP – Police drove hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators from weeks-old encampments in Portland and arrested more than 50 of them, as authorities in Oakland, Calif., warned Occupy campers that a similar crackdown was coming.


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Vigils for injured vet, police clear Tenn. protest (AP)

Fernando and Elsa Leal hold protest signs during a candlelight vigil for Scott Olsen on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. As Occupy Oakland protesters rallied Tuesday night, a projectile apparently fired by police struck the Iraq veteran leaving him in critical condition with a fractured skull. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP – Anti-Wall Street demonstrators held vigils for an Iraq War veteran seriously injured during a protest clash with police in California as some Occupy encampments came under growing pressure from authorities to abandon sites in parks and plazas.


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Riot squads clear Wall St. protests in 2 cities (AP)

Occupy Wall Street protesters run from tear gas deployed by police at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Darryl Bush)AP – Police guarded newly-cleared plazas early Wednesday in Atlanta and Oakland, Calif., after clearing Occupy Wall Street protest camps in both cities. Dozens of demonstrators were arrested in swift crack-downs by riot squads after local authorities lost patience with the rallies.


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For Obama, finding one clear foil may take a while (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Arlington, Va. No one may welcome a Republican challenger to President Barack Obama than Barack Obama. The longer it takes for Republicans to rally around a nominee, the more the election remains a referendum on Obama and jobs, and not what the White House and his campaign eagerly want: a clear choice between Obama and another candidate who holds starkly different views about how to improve the economy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP – Maybe even more than the Republicans, President Barack Obama is looking forward to the GOP picking a candidate to challenge him.


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