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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security forces gather in front of a damaged building near the aviation intelligence department, which was attacked by one of two explosions, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Iranian aid supplies are seen unloaded from a plane at a Damascus airport in Syria on March 15, 2012. (Associated Press/SANA)
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Wreckage from a crashed Turkish helicopter is loaded March 16, 2012, into a truck at the crash site on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. A Turkish military helicopter crashed into a house near the Afghan capital Friday, killing several Turkish soldiers on board and young girls on the ground, Turkish and Afghan officials said. (Associated Press)
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A house is missing part of its roof on Noble Drive in Huron Farms neighborhood of Dexter, Mich., on March 15, 2012, after a tornado hit the neighborhood. The slow-moving storm was part of a system packing large hail, heavy rain and high winds. (Associated Press/AnnAbor.Com)
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Palestinians inspect a warehouse which caught fire March 14, 2012, after an Israeli air strike nearby in Gaza City. (Associated Press)
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Lennar is building up to 32 single-family homes on sites of one-fifth acre at Portfield Crossing in Waldorf. The Thurmont II model, with 3,372 square feet, is priced from $375,990.
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A police officer works at the wreckage of a tourist bus from Belgium at the accident site in a tunnel of the A9 highway near Sierre, western Switzerland, early Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
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Rescuers search for victims of a ferry accident March 13, 2012, on the Meghna River in Munshiganj district, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Dhaka, India. The ferry, packed with about 200 people, capsized in the river in southern Bangladesh, killing 31 people and leaving dozens more missing, authorities said. (Associated Press)
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"Hispanics disproportionately lack either a driver's license or a personal identification card issued by [the state's Department of Public Safety]," Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez said in a letter. (Associated Press)
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Boeing's popular 787 Dreamliner has been nicknamed the "Subsidy-liner" and the "7-aid-7" by European rival Airbus because of funding provided to Boeing by the U.S. government. The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that the U.S. has provided billions in illegal subsidies to Boeing. (Associated Press)
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In this photo from March 10, 2012, Aida, 32, reacts as she recovers from severe injuries after the Syrian Army shelled her house in Idlib north Syria. Aida's husband and two children were killed. (Associated Press)
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In this photo from March 10, 2012, Aida cries as she recovers from severe injuries after the Syrian Army shelled her house in Idlib north Syria. Aida's husband and and two children were killed after their home was shelled. (Associated Press)
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Children light candles during a memorial service for the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, near the site of Heijo Palace in Nara, central Japan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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A girl waits her turn to release a lantern into the waters of Tokyo Bay to mark the anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami which devastated northeast Japan, in Tokyo, Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Three lights are projected in the evening sky during a "Light from 311 Japan" event in the earthquake and tsunami-devastated city of Kesennuma, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sunday, March 11 2012. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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People light candles in the shape of "Kizuna," which means "the inseparable bond between people", during a memorial service for the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, near the site of Heijo Palace in Nara, central Japan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Candles are lit in the shape of "3.11 (March 11)" as people offer prayer for the victims of the last year's earthquake and tsunami, with a backdrop of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows to the altar during the national memorial service for the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Japan POOL)
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Pedestrians offer prayers at 2:46 p.m., the moment the magnitude-9.0 quake struck a year ago, for the disasters' victims, at Ginza district in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, March 11, 2012. The massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation a year ago, killed just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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With the back drop of the 330 ton fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 18 which was flung 800 meters (0.5 mile) inland from Kesennuma port by the March 11, 2011, tsunami, the Kikuta family observe a moment of silence at a site where their house once stood at 2:46 PM, the time the earthquake hit one year ago, in Kesennuma, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sunday, March 11 2012. T (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
