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Terror at the Shopping Mall - More than 60 people were killed and 175 injured in the Saturday afternoon attack on the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire in an attack that targeted non-Muslims. On Tuesday, the extremist group behind the attack alleged that attackers in the mall were still holding out. It is unknown whether more hostages remain. –With reporting by the Associated Press(Photo: AP Photo/Jonathan Kalan)

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The Fourth Day - Before Twitter suspended their account for the third time, al-Shabab tweeted on Tuesday that its fighters were still holed up in the mall and that there were “countless dead bodies,” reported Reuters. An anonymous intelligence officer told the news agency that gunmen were still in the building. He was not sure if any hostages remained.(Photo: Nichole Sobecki/AFP/Getty Images)

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Fallen Heroes - Since Tuesday, three Kenyan soldiers have died, while eight continued to receive treatment, reported the interior ministry on its Twitter account. “We’ve lost 3 heroes,” wrote the ministry.(Photo: Nichole Sobecki/AFP/Getty Images)

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Claiming Responsibility - Somalia's Islamic extremist group al-Shabab immediately claimed responsibility and posted updates of the attack on its Twitter feed. The rebels said the attack was retaliation for Kenyan forces' 2011 push into Somalia and have threatened more attacks. (Photo: AP Photo/Jonathan Kalan).

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Taking Cover - The attack began shortly after noon Saturday. Shoppers took cover and retreated into back corners of stores, service hallways and bank vaults. Over the next several hours, pockets of people were able to escape. (Photo: AP Photo/Jonathan Kalan)

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Making Headway - On Monday, Kenyan security forces appeared to be gaining an advantage, as tweeted by the inspector general of Kenya’s police force. As television reports showed troops storming the complex, four huge explosions also occurred at the scene. Neither the cause nor impact of the blasts has been revealed. Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said earlier that the “terrorists” had started a fire at the building.(Photo: AP Photo/ Jerome Delay)

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Among the Dead - The confirmed dead include Africans, Europeans, Asians, Canadians and South and North Americans. Ruhila Adatia-Sood, wife of Ketan Sood, a foreign service national working for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Nairobi was killed, USAID said. She was a popular radio and TV personality in Kenya.(Photo: AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

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Hostages Escape - The evacuation of hostages “has gone very, very well,” reported Interior Minister Lenku, adding that Kenyan officials were “very certain” that there were few, if any, hostages remaining. The fate of those hostages is unclear. Lenku also reported that two of the attackers were killed Monday morning and others injured. About 10 attackers were believed to be inside the complex.(Photo: REUTERS/Siegfried Modola)

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Scene of the Crime - Al-Shabab became a strong force in Somalia after warlords ousted a longtime dictator in 1991. Its name means "The Youth" in Arabic, and it was a splinter youth wing of a Islamic Courts Union government created in 2006 to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state in the East African nation. Rebels are estimated to have several thousand fighters, including a few hundred foreign fighters.Graphic shows detail of shopping mall. (Photo: Associated Press)

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ICC and the Deputy President - The International Criminal Court has excused Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto from his current trial on charges of crimes against humanity. The Hague-based court granted Ruto a one-week leave so that he can attend to the crisis and take part in security briefings and consultations.  (Photo: MICHAEL KOOREN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Two Americans and One Brit - In an interview on the U.S. PBS Newshour television show, Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed said that “two of three Americans” and a British woman had participated in the attack. She described the Americans as young men of Somali or Arab descent, “maybe 18 and 19” years old and once residents of “Minnesota and one other place.” Meanwhile, Somalis in the U.S. have condemned the deadly attacks. (Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Were Americans Involved? - The Minneapolis-St. Paul area in Minnesota is a known recruitment site for al-Shabab operatives and is home to one of the world’s largest Somali populations outside of the country’s capital, Mogadishu.(Photo: AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

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The White Widow - A number of British media outlets have speculated that 29-year-old Brit Samantha Lewthwaite, also known as the “White Widow,” is a prime suspect in the attack. An Islam convert and wife of Jermaine Lindsey, a suicide bomber in the 7/7 attacks in London in 2005, Lewthwaite is rumored to be a key member of al-Shabab and responsible for orchestrating the mall attack.(Photo: REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)

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A Multinational Collection - Individuals from several nations took part in the attack launched by al-Shabab, according to Kenya Chief of Defense Forces Gen. Julius Karangi. "We have an idea who these people are and they are clearly a multinational collection from all over the world," he told AP.(Photo: REUTERS/Siegfried Modola)

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Helping Out - The mall had been hosting a children's day event. (Photo: AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)

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Running Scared - More than 1,000 people escaped the attack inside the mall. (Photo: AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)

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Firefight - The gunmen carried AK-47s and wore vests with hand grenades on them, said a witness, who hid in a parking garage for two hours. In this image, a police officer takes cover as he exchanged gunfire with rebels. (Photo: AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Naming the Victims - Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor died after being injured in the attack. Awoonor was also a professor and served as an ambassador in Brazil, Cuba and at the U.N.(Photo: AP Photo/Jonathan Kalan)

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The President's Nephew - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nephew, Mbugua Mwangi, and his fiancée Rosemary Wahito were also among the 23 confirmed victims identified by BBC.(Photo: AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

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Freedom - A hostage collapses after being freed. (Photo: AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)

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Identifying a Loved One - Relatives help a woman at the Nairobi City Mortuary after she identified the body of a victim. (Photo: AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

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About Kenya - Kenya's population of about 43 million people is relatively young — more than two thirds are younger than 35 — and it's projected to grow to about 67 million by 2030. There are a large number of educated, multilingual professionals, and a strong entrepreneurial tradition. (Photo: Associated Press)

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President Kenyatta Says Siege Is Done - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced late Tuesday that the militants have been defeated after killing at least 67 civilians and security forces. He attributed a three-floor collapse at the mall to the death of at least one attacker, though several bodies were also said to be trapped in the rubble. Five other militants were fatally shot and 11 other suspects arrested, according to AP. (Photo: EUTERS/Stringer)