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YASSER ARAFAT
Masked Palestinian militants march with posters of the late President Yasser Arafat in Rafah, Gaza, on November 11, 2004. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died at a Paris hospital early Thursday. He was 75. (UPI photo /Ismael Mohamad)

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Jodi Arias (R) reacts as she hears the verdict of guilty of first degree murder after a four month trial in Phoenix, Arizona, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of murdering her lover Travis Alexander in Tempe, Arizona in June of 2008. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool