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Abortion opponents, from left, Sharon Grossklas, Cecilia Podczerwinski and Katie Meyer, chant slogans as they wait to march to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, in a demonstration that coincides with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that created a constitutional, nationwide right to abortion. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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** FILE ** Casey Anthony smiles before the start of her sentencing hearing in Orlando, Fla., on July 7, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Authorities carry out the court-ordered amputation of the fingers of a convicted thief in a public square in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on Jan. 24, 2013. The 29-year-old man was convicted for being part of a 10-member gang that carried out burglaries in the city and on charges of having “illegal relations,” according to the Mehr news agency. Iran's legal system, based on Shariah, provides for amputation of limbs for theft. (Associated Press)
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Delhi policemen stand guard Jan. 24, 2013, near the gate of a district court in New Delhi, where the trial of the five men charged accused in the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student began in a closed courtroom. (Associated Press)
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On Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, Syrians take part in a funeral procession for those killed in a car-bomb explosion at a headquarters of a pro-government militia late Monday in the central Syrian town of Salamiya in Hama province. (AP Photo/SANA)
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Allan Stewert, a D.C. resident, walks his dog, Bobo, down he walking bridge leading to Theodore Roosevelt Island as National Park Service rangers use high-powered leaf blowers to remove fresh snow from it, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)