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An Afghan instructor instructs a police student shooting with live ammunition at the police academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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Guillermo Castillo, 60, works on a valve that regulates the passage of sugar cane juice at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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A sugar plant worker shows his feet to a fellow worker at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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Workers irrigate a sugar cane field in Jaronu, Cuba. Two years ago, the sugar industry was crippled after the worst harvest in more than a century. (Associated Press)

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Virginia Tech's Eric Martin (86) hauls in a touchdown catch against Georgia Tech during the first half of a college football game, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, in Blacksburg, Va. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)

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Georgia Tech's Robert Godhigh scores a touchdown against Virginia Tech during the first half of a college football game, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, in Blacksburg, Va. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)

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The home at 7123 Sycamore Ave. in Takoma Park is on the market for $1,290,000. Built in 1924, the home has approximately 4,100 square feet of living space, a front porch, a second-level balcony and a rooftop deck.

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Restoration masons Justin Rivenburgh, left, Tim Winther, center, and Adam Shehan, right, work to repair the historic Cuckoo house, built by the Pendleton family in 1819 just outside Mineral Va. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray talks at press briefing Wednesday about new taxi “smart meters.” The city has chosen VeriFone Systems for the $35 million contract, but one of two companies that competed for the bid is seeking a restraining order. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Eddy Torres of VeriFone installs the new Taxi Smart Meter System in a cab. It will enable passengers to pay with credit cards and also to watch news, weather reports and current events on TV minimonitors mounted on the seats. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Scaffolding surrounds the 13-foot statue of “Discovering Columbus” in New York’s midtown Manhattan, where Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi is constructing what he says is a way to intimately engage the public with the explorer. Some Italian-Americans say the art project trivializes history. (Associated Press)

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“Skyfall” brings back Daniel Craig as James Bond after a four-year hiatus, longest in the 50 years of Bond movies. (Sony Pictures via Associated Press)

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South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, left, interacts with striking mine workers at the Lonmin mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. Demands for higher wages spread to at least two other platinum mines in South Africa and raise fears instability could spread to more of the country's mines that provide 75 percent of the world's supply of the precious metal. South Africa's miningweb.co.za Web site calls it "a possibly ominous development." A 12-day strike at the Lonmin PLC mine resulted in police killing 34 striking miners and wounding another 78 last week. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)