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A family rests in its new apartment home after relocating from farmlands in northern China. While trying to protect farmland from development amid a housing boom, officials are going after the land under farmers' homes. (Associated Press)

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A police forensic team examines the bodies of three people said to be gang members and killed by unidentified assailants in the village of Los Hornos, Honduras. Honduras has become a main transit route for South American cocaine, a trend that has helped drive the country's homicide rate to the highest level in the world and left many villages dependent on the cocaine trade. (Associated Press)

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A man and woman kiss at the riverfront promenade called "the Bund," one of the most popular tourist spots in Shanghai, an economic hub for China's changing economy. (Associated Press)

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A container ship visits the port in Ningbo, China, which has been in business for 1,200 years and now handles more than 100 million tons of cargo a year. It is one of the few in the world to reach that mark. (Orange County [Calif.] Register)

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BOOMTOWN:The cities of Shanghai (above) and Ningbo are now connected by a 22.5-mile ocean-spanning bridge, spurring talk that the region will become one of the world's largest metropolises. Port cities in China are now gearing up for a new generation of high-tech export goods rather than the lower-end consumer goods of the past decade. (Shanghai Pacific Institute for International Strategy via Associated Aress)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate, laughs with servers at Mary Ann's Diner during a campaign stop in Derry, N.H., in June. The eatery, decorated in '50s and '60s decor, is a must-visit campaign stop for presidential candidates campaigning in New Hampshire. (Associated Press)

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A cookie jar lies in pieces on the kitchen counter as Jesse Richards describes what the magnitude-5.6 earthquake felt like in Sparks, Okla., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Carolina Hurricanes' Eric Staal is a minus-12 with three goals and two assists in 12 games this season. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Protesters chant slogans in front of the Greek Parliament during an anti-austerity protest in Athens on Nov. 3 2011. (Associated Press)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou returns to an emergency Cabinet meeting after taking a short break at the Greek parliament in Athens on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Photographs courtesy of Alan Goldstein Photography Brookfield Homes is building 70 single-family homes at Brookside in Warrenton. The Canterbury model, with 4,100 square feet, is priced from $449,990 to $484,990.

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Coco Crisp, who stole 49 bases for Oakland last season, fits the mold of what Nationals GM Mike Rizzo is looking for in a center fielder. (Associated Press)

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Cam Fowler (4) of the Anaheim Ducks slides into the wall as Alexander Semin (28) of the Washington Capitals carries the puck up the ice in the second period in NHL Hockey at the Verizon Center, Washington, DC, Tuesday, November 1, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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More than 5,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Lebanon and Turkey since March, but Syria reportedly is planting land mines along border areas, a sign of its isolation. (Associated Press)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses Socialist members of parliament in Athens on Oct. 31, 2011. Papandreou says his country will hold a referendum on a new European debt deal reached last week. (Associated Press)

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Parliament member Milena Apostolaki reacts during a speech by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to Socialist lawmakers in Athens on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Eurokinissi, Tatiana Bolari)

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A U.S. soldier checks the damage at offices of the U.N.'s refugee agency, the UNHCR, caused by a suicide bomber in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Oct. 31, 2011. The attack killed four people and severely damaged the U.N. agency's building, Afghan officials said. (Associated Press)