Politics

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Mayor Vincent Gray said that approval of the referendum would send a signal that we are sick and tired of the special burdens imposed on the District. (The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Michel Djotodia (center), the rebel leader who declared himself president of Central African Republic in late March after his soldiers seized the capital, arrives for a meeting with members of the government's armed forces in Bangui, Central African Republic, on Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo)

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Former candidate for the Republican nomination for President and Godfather Pizza chairman and CEO Herman Cain. (Courtesy of Herman Cain)

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Venezuelans wait to enter a polling station where a nearby wall is covered with a mural of Interim President Nicolas Maduro during the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles waves as he arrives at a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Iraqi security forces queue to vote at a polling center during the early voting in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 13, 2013. Voters head to the polls next week for the first time since the U.S. military withdrawal. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

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** FILE ** Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 28, 2011.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry conducts a press conference answering questions from US and Chinese media, Saturday April 13, 2013, in Beijing, China. Kerry arrived in Beijing Saturday to seek Chinese help in persuading North Korea to halt its nuclear and missile testing program. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, looks on as U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, left, shakes hands with China's Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai compound in Beijing Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Associated Press)