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**FILE** Government workers, supporting union members and activists protest against the across-the-board federal spending cuts called sequestration at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on March 20, 2013. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Secretary of State John F. Kerry (left), followed by National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, arrives for the joint news conference between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (Associated Press)
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Indian Tamil activists and supporters lie on a road and shout slogans during a protest against Sri Lanka's alleged wartime abuses in Chennai, India, on March 21, 2013. A key ethnic Tamil party withdrew from India's coalition government Tuesday, accusing the government of watering down a U.N. resolution criticizing Sri Lanka's war-time conduct against its minority Tamil population. The party has demanded the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution accuse Sri Lanka of genocide and that it leads to the formation of an international inquiry into possible war crimes. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** President Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speak to reporters during their joint news conference at the Muqata President Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 21, 2013. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this file photo provided by the Turkish Intelligence Service on Feb. 18, 1999, Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan poses in front of Turkish flags before being interrogated by Turkish officials at the prison-island of Imrali , Turkey. (AP Photo/Turkish Intelligence Service, File)
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands during their bilateral meeting at the Muqata Presidential Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford votes on Tuesday. He’s on his way to making a political comeback from the public scorn he faced after it was revealed he engaged in an extramarital affair. (Associated Press)
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A gun control bill proposed by Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley has cleared the Senate but is stuck in a House committee over the issue of assault weapons. Zero tolerance policies in some schools have gone overboard, according to critics. (Associated Press)
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associated press An Indian Tamil activist shouts slogans Wednesday in Mumbai during a protest against Sri Lanka’s alleged wartime abuses. A key ethnic Tamil party withdrew from India’s coalition government Tuesday, and it has demanded that the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution accuse Sri Lanka of genocide against the minority Tamil population.
