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Security forces help civilians flee the scene as cars burn at a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Terrorists attacked an upscale hotel complex in Kenya's capital Tuesday, sending people fleeing in panic as explosions and heavy gunfire reverberated through the neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Civilians flee as security forces aim their weapons at the buildings of a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday. Extremists launched a deadly attack on a luxury hotel in Kenya's capital, sending people fleeing in panic as explosions and heavy gunfire reverberated through the complex. A police officer said he saw bodies, "but there was no time to count the dead." (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

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