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The Financial Times referred to the U.S. Embassy being built in London as the "glazed green cube embassy." (State Department photo)

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Supporters of U.S. soldier Private Bradley Manning listen to a speech as they protest outside the U.S. Embassy in London calling for his release, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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U.S. Embassy, Karachi, Pakistan: "Enclosed" by Adeela Suleman (State Department photo)

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South Korean protesters shout slogans near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, as they hold petitions at a rally denouncing the crimes of U.S. soldiers. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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An unidentified gunman stands in the center of the street in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Oct. 28, 2011, at a street in front of the U.S. embassy. The man shot several rounds at pedestrians in downtown Sarajevo on Friday and injured at least one officer before police special forces took him down. For at least 30 minutes, the man stood at a street in front of the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo and shot around from an automatic rifle. (Associated Press)

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South Koreans stage a protest Wednesday against the free-trade agreement between South Korea and the United States near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. Congress last week approved the long-pending agreement with Seoul, a landmark trade pact expected to bring the two allies closer together. (Associated Press)

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A South Korean protester participates in a rally against a free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Oct. 12, 2011. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Dust rises over Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 13, 2011, as Taliban insurgents fire rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in the heart of the Afghan capital. (Associated Press)

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Smoke and dust rises from a building, unseen in distance, which is occupied by Taliban insurgents during a coordinated assault in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Taliban insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in the heart of the Afghan capital Tuesday while suicide bombers struck police buildings. The U.S. Embassy and NATO reported no casualties. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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James P. Zumwalt, charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, carries a wreath to an altar set up in Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, Japan, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at the annual memorial to mark the 66th anniversary of the dropping of an atomic bomb on the city. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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**FILE** This undated photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the al Qaeda operative behind the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. A Somali official said June 11, 2011 that Mohammed was killed by security forces four days earlier. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a news conference with Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 27, 2011. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Members of the U.S. tourism industry and officials from the U.S. Embassy were treated to a sound and light show at the Egyptian pyramids last month. Travel operators and Egyptian officials are hoping to convince international travelers that the land of the pharaohs is now safe.

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Mexican federal police and army soldiers guard a U.S. Embassy vehicle after it came under attack by gunmen on a highway between Mexico City and Monterrey in February. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was killed and another wounded in the attack. Many of Zetas' targets have been Mexican military and police personnel, but in recent years, U.S. law enforcement authorities also have come under attack. (Associated Press)

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Mexican soldiers and federal police guard the U.S. Embassy vehicle in which one ICE agent was killed and another wounded in an attack Tuesday between Mexico City and Monterrey. (Associated Press)

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Mexican federal police guard a U.S. Embassy vehicle after it came under attack by unknown gunmen on Highway 57 between Mexico City and Monterrey, near the town of Santa Maria Del Rio, San Luis Potosi state, Mexico, Tuesday Feb. 15, 2011. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was killed and another wounded in the attack. (AP Photo/Pulso Diario de San Luis-Teodoro Blanco Vazquez)

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** FILE ** Mexican federal police guard a U.S. Embassy vehicle after it came under fire from unknown gunmen on Highway 57 between Mexico City and Monterrey, near the town of Santa Maria Del Rio in San Luis Potosi state, Mexico, on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was killed, and another was wounded in the attack. (AP Photo/Pulso Diario de San Luis, Teodoro Blanco Vazquez)

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Mexican federal police and army soldiers guard a U.S. Embassy vehicle after it came under attack by unknown gunmen on Highway 57 between Mexico City and Monterrey, near the town of Santa Maria Del Rio, San Luis Potosi state, Mexico, Tuesday Feb. 15, 2011. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was killed and another wounded in the attack. (AP Photo/Pulso Diario de San Luis-Teodoro Blanco Vazquez)

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Pakistanis demonstrate in front of the presidential residence in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, to condemn a U.S. Embassy employee suspected in a shooting incident that killed two Pakistanis. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, takes part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the dedication of the new US Embassy compound, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010 in Sarajevo. Secretary Clinton arrived late on Monday, in the capital of ethnically divided Bosnia-Herzegovina, which just held elections, to urge the country's new leadership to make EU membership a priority. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)