Politics

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A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Serpico D. Elliot (left) and Army Spc. Delandra Rollins (second from left) stand in for President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama during the presidential inaugural rehearsal on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Also pictured are Quincy McElhaney (fourth from right) and Marie Clare Paxton (second from right) as Sasha and Malia Obama. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Serpico D. Elliot, the stand-in for President Obama, smiles as he is announced during the presidential inaugural rehearsal on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Thousands of demonstrators, seen from the Eiffel Tower, gather on the Champs de Mars in Paris on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, to protest the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov (foreground) speaks during a demonstration in Moscow on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, as thousands of people protested against Russia's new law banning Americans from adopting Russian children. The posters have the word "Shame" written in red over the faces of Russian lawmakers and proclaim Sunday's demonstration as a "March Against the Scum" who enacted the law. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Israeli border police evict a Palestinian activist from an area known as E-1 near Jerusalem on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Palestinian activists erected tents in the area on Friday, saying they wanted to "establish facts on the ground" to stop Israeli construction in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Pakistani Shiite Muslims chant slogans during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, to condemn Thursday's deadly bombings in Quetta. Thousands of Pakistani Shiites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day on Saturday, blocking a main road with dozens of coffins of relatives killed in explosions to demand better security from the government. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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The Capitals began training camp Sunday in front of a packed house. (Stephen Whyno / The Washington Times)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden administers the Senate oath to Sen. Chris Murphy, Connecticut Democrat, accompanied by his wife, Catherine, and sons, Rider and Owen (right) during a mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as the 113th Congress began. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eugene Patterson, who helped fellow Southern whites understand the civil rights movement, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at age 89. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times)

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An Indian woman lights candles in Gauhati, India, on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in remembrance of a young woman who was gang-raped on a moving bus in New Delhi in December. The case has sparked protests across India by women and men who say India's legal system doesn't do enough to prevent attacks on women. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)