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Turks celebrate at the Sultan Ahmed Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. The International Olympic Committee will vote for one of two cities, Istanbul, or Tokyo, as the city that will host 2020 Summer Olympics, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later in the day, after Madrid was eliminated. Istanbul is making its fifth overall bid, as the Turkish delegation pressed its case to take the Olympics for the first time to a predominantly Muslim country, to a city linking the two continents of Europe and Asia.(AP Photo)
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** FILE ** President Bush speaks during a news conference, July 12, 2007, in the White House Press Room in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Tony Abbott, third left, and his daughters Frances, left, Louise, second right, and Bridget, right, and his wife Margaret, second left, come to the stage to celebrate Tony's election victory in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, following his win in Australia's national election. Australia's conservative opposition swept to power, ending six years of Labor Party rule and winning over a disenchanted public by promising to end a hated tax on carbon emissions, boost a flagging economy and bring about political stability after years of Labor infighting. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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Vehicle Production Group, or VPG, suspended operations after taking a loan of roughly $42 million from the federal government. (Image: VPG Facebook Page)
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Vehicle Production Group, or VPG, suspended operations after taking a loan of roughly $42 million from the federal government. (Image: Vpgautos.com)
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President Obama during his news conference at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 6, 2013. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** U.S. United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power speaks about Syria on Sept. 6, 2013, at the Center for American Progress in Washington. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin Republican, testifies July 17, 2013, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Voting Rights Act on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)