Politics

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Palestinians take cover during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, following the death of Arafat Jaradat, a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. The death of a 30-year-old Palestinian after interrogation by Israel's Shin Bet security service stokes new West Bank clashes, along with Israeli fears of a third Palestinian uprising. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with Secretary of State John F. Kerry this week, a discussion that could be dominated by the issue of Americans adopting Russian children. (Associated Press)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls for U.S. special operations forces to stop activity in Wardak province after reports of “harassing, annoying … even murdering innocent people.” (Associated Press)

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Political strategist Karl Rove. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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Curt Viebranz, the president of George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon estate, stands outside what will be a climate-controlled book vault inside the under-construction George Washington Library at Mount Vernon, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Syrian villager Abu Ibrahim, 73, writes the name of his granddaughter on her gravestone in the Jabal al-Zaweya village of Sarja, Syria, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. She was killed during an airstrike by Syrian government forces. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Presidential candidate Nicos Anastasiades votes with his grandson Andis in the presidential election in the southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)