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The 8-foot figure looks like his smaller toy counterparts, with a round yellow head on a blocky green body.

It seems to be the work of a Dutch artist who has staged other Lego-man appearances around the world.

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U.S. Marines and their Afghan counterparts are tightening their hold on the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, in southern Afghanistan.

But hundreds of deadly homemade bombs, or IEDs, remain behind.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with her counterparts in Montreal on Monday at a conference of international donors with the aim of "helping Haiti build back better," Clinton said.

But experts say the U.S. needs to learn from past mistakes, because American interventions in Haiti often have done more harm than good.