Politics

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A Palestinian youth is detained by border police officers at the Damascus Gate as Israelis march celebrating Jerusalem Day, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Jerusalem's Old City. Jerusalem Day marks Israel's capture of east Jerusalem and the reunification of the city, which had been divided into Israeli and Jordanian sectors from Israel's establishment in 1948 until the 1967 war. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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Jodi Arias reacts after she was found of guilty of first-degree murder in the gruesome killing of her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in their suburban Phoenix home, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)

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One of China's biggest banks on Tuesday said it has halted business with the Foreign Trade Bank of North Korea, accused by the U.S. of financing Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs, in a recent sign of Beijing pressuring its ally. (Associated Press)

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Councilmember Tommy Wells comments during Chairman Phil Mendelson Committee of the Whole and the Committee on the Judiciary roundtable on Truancy Reduction in the D.C. Public Oversight Roundtable on Thrusday, July 12, 2012, in Washington D.C.. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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The Fur mega-club, which can hold 3,000 people, was shuttered Monday after a man was beaten and stabbed in the chest while inside. It's the second time in two months the club has come under scrutiny following an outbreak of violence. It could be allowed to reopen pending an investigation. (Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Radical Islamist terrorists stand guard during a hostage handover in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali, April 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/ChargÃˆ dÃAffairs in Libya Gregory Hicks, center, and State Department officials Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Mark Thompson, right, arrive to testify before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/ChargÃˆ dÃAffairs in Libya Gregory Hicks, center, and State Department officials Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Mark Thompson, right, arrive to testify before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (Andrew Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Left to right: State Department officials Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Mark Thompson, Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya Eric Nordstrom, and Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/ChargÃˆ dÃAffairs in Libya Gregory Hicks, arrive to testify before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/ChargÃˆ dÃAffairs in Libya Gregory Hicks arrives to testify before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), second from left, greets Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/ChargÃˆ dÃAffairs in Libya Gregory Hicks before he testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Also pictured is State Department officials Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Mark Thompson, left, and Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya Eric Nordstrom, right. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)