Today's Takeaways: U.S. Intelligence Official Kicked Out of Germany, Brazil's Loss Sets In, and United Nations says Central American Children are Refugees
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Syrians walk along a severely damaged road in the northeastern city of Deir Ezzor on January 4, 2014.
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