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Basel Adra, left, and Yuval Abraham accept the Oscars for Best Documentary Feature Film in Los Angeles. AP

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Chairman and chief software architect at Microsoft Bill Gates talks to reporters as Microsoft announced the general availability of the new Microsoft Office System in New York on October 21, 2003. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. EPA

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Israeli soldiers conducting operations in Tel Sultan in the Rafah governorate of Gaza. Israeli Army via Reuters

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Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is seen by his allies, and his foes, as Lebanon's political wizard. AFP

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Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani, left, meets Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani in Baghdad. AFP

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Basel Adra, left, and Yuval Abraham accept the Oscars for Best Documentary Feature Film in Los Angeles. AP

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Chairman and chief software architect at Microsoft Bill Gates talks to reporters as Microsoft announced the general availability of the new Microsoft Office System in New York on October 21, 2003. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. EPA

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Israeli soldiers conducting operations in Tel Sultan in the Rafah governorate of Gaza. Israeli Army via Reuters

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Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is seen by his allies, and his foes, as Lebanon's political wizard. AFP

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Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani, left, meets Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani in Baghdad. AFP

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