Politics

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, left, talks with Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec during the EU foreign ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, July 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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** FILE ** Liz Cheney, who espouses the neoconservative views of her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, is challenging Sen. Michael B. Enzi, who has been swiftly endorsed by libertarian Sen. Rand Paul. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., walks to the floor of the Senate for a vote, Thursday, July 18, 2013, at the Capitol in Washington. Liz Cheney, elder daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, announced this week that she will run against Enzi, a three-term incumbent and fellow Republican. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, is trying to work with labor unions “to provide relief from the law to all Americans and ensure that the law will no longer threaten access to insurance, increase costs.” (Associated Press)

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Scars reveal some of the extent of the torture endured by sub-Saharan refugees after becoming ensnared by human traffickers on the Sinai Peninsula. (Physicians for Human Rights-Israel)

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The office of J. Russell George, Treasury auditor, plans to re-interview Christine O’Donnell about a 2010 incident involving Delaware’s tax office (Associated Press)

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"My mother was born in Wilmington, Del. She's a U.S. citizen, so I'm a U.S. citizen," said Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, about his birth in Canada. (Associated Press)