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In this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Thursday, July 26, 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (center) reacts on a ride as he attends the completion ceremony of the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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In this Wednesday, July 25, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju, waves to the crowd as they inspect the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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Construction crews start work on the 1,000-yard outer fence that will run along the perimeter of the Washington Monument in Washington on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. The monument has been closed since Aug. 25, 2011, when a 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred less than 100 miles southwest of the city. The repairs will occur in conjunction with the Mall Renovation Project that was already scheduled. The scaffolding and construction work will start soon after the fence is in place. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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Andrew Audas hugs volunteer Amy Sahlin from the group Rainbow Family at a central relief station in Union Beach, N.J., on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. The Audas family will volunteer here tomorrow, dropping off some of the items they collected through Project Keep Them Cozy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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People console a woman whose relative was killed in a fire at a factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday. Relatives were frantically looking for loved ones. (Associated Press)

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A Bangladeshi police officer walks between rows of burned sewing machines in a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday. At least 112 people were killed in a late Saturday night fire that raced through the factory just outside of Bangladesh’s capital. The death toll could rise as the search for victims was continuing. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Bangladeshi firefighters battle a blaze at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, late on Nov. 24, 2012. At least 112 people were killed, an official said. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo, Christmas decorations from the charred remains of a home, are shown in the Breezy Point section New York's Queens borough. More than 50 homes were lost in a fire that swept through the oceanside community during Superstorm Sandy. Some residents of New York City's storm-battered Breezy Point neighborhood say thieves looted their damaged houses over Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Palestinian schoolchildren walk in debris by a damaged school in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. Schools in Gaza opened Saturday for the first time since the truce, which calls for an end to Gaza rocket fire on Israel and Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, came after eight days of cross-border fighting, the bloodiest between Israel and Hamas in four years. The school was damaged when Israeli forces struck on a nearby building. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Nebraska safety P.J. Smith (13) reacts after Iowa missed a field goal during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Smoke rises Nov. 23, 2012, in Gaza City from the Hamas government building known as Abu Khadra, which was destroyed in an Israeli air strike two days prior. (Associated Press)

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In this image provided by Click2houston.com, cars and trucks are piled on Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas on Nov. 22, 2012. The Texas Department of Public Safety said at least 35 people have been injured in the pileup. (Associated Press/Click2houston.com)

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This undated artistic rendering provided by Las Vegas Railway Express shows the interior of the X Train, a proposed luxury "party train" that would run from Fullerton, Calif., to downtown Las Vegas. For $99 each way, passengers would get food, drinks, access to two on-board "ultra lounges" and other amenities. (Associated Press/Las Vegas Railway Express)