British soldier, adventurer and author Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), known as Lawrence Of Arabia, joined the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I and was instrumental in the conquest of Palestine. The photo was taken in 1918.
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Palestinian laborers work in a new section to the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arbaa close to the West Bank town of Hebron in October. The Obama administration was working to persuade Israel to renew a settlement moratorium in the West Bank so Palestinians can return to talks, but those efforts appear to have failed.
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Mark Stephens, lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, talks to the media as he leaves a court hearing for his client in London. Assange was jailed after telling the court he will fight efforts to extradite him to Sweden, where he faces a sex-crimes investigation.
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Dr. Kathryn Wagner, a breast cancer surgeon in San Antonio, says she'll stop taking new Medicare cases if Congress allows looming cuts in doctors' pay to go through.
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