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People are reflected in a window of the house of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Soweto on June 28, 2013. Members of Mandela's family as well as South African Cabinet ministers have visited the hospital where the 94-year-old former president is critically ill. (Associated Press)
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Ruling party supporters, gather outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, June 27, 2013. Nelson Mandela's health improved overnight and his condition remains critical but is now stable, the South African government said Thursday in a statement that brought a measure of relief to the country. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a Syrian security agent looking at a damaged antique shop after a blast struck in the vicinity of the Greek Orthodox Virgin Mary Church in the predominantly Christian neighborhood of Bab Sharqi in central Damascus, Syria, Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)
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** FILE ** In this Jan. 29, 2011, file photo, then Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Gen. James E. Cartwright takes part in media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington. The retired Marine general is under investigation for allegedly leaking classified information about a covert cyberattack on Iran's nuclear facilities, according to media reports Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Employees work at a Shuanghui International pork processing plant in Henan province. The sale of Smithfield Foods to China's Shuanghui International is under scrutiny in Washington because of national security concerns about a Chinese company owning an important U.S. food producer.
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"White House Down," a low-brow shoot-'em-up thriller, stars Channing Tatum (left) as a nice-guy protection agent and Jamie Foxx (center) as the president of the United States. (Sony Pictures Entertainment via Associated Press)
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More than 80 protesters are arrested outside the Senate chamber in Raleigh, N.C., during the seventh week of “Moral Mondays.” The NAACP and others are outraged over policies established by the Republican-controlled state government. (Associated Press)
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Paradise Firearms owner Paul Paradis and other gun rights activists are petitioning for the recall of Colorado Senate President John Morse after the Democrat-controlled state government enacted sweeping gun control laws. (Associated Press)
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Georgetown's Otto Porter, Jr., selected by by the Washington Wizards in the first round of the NBA basketball draft, speaks during a news conference Thursday, June 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
