Politics

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Yayoflautas give out refreshments while participating in a general strike in Barcelona on March 29, 2012. (Oscar Martinez/Special to The Washington Times)

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Yayoflautas demonstrate in support of the general strike in Barcelona on March 29, 2012. (Oscar Martinez/Special to The Washington Times)

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Yayoflautas participate in the general strike in Barcelona on March 29, 2012. (Oscar Martinez/Special to The Washington Times)

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Syrian rebel fighters take cover Oct. 26, 2012, as a Syrian army sniper aims over a destroyed mosque in Tarik Al-Bab, southeast of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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**FILE** Troops from the Central African Republic stand guard April 29, 2012, at a building in Obo, Central African Republic, used for joint meetings between them and U.S. Army special forces, where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers to seek out Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Syrian children, who fled their homes due to government shelling, take refuge Sept. 13, 2012, with their families at Bab Al-Salameh crossing border, hoping to cross to one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. (Associated Press)

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In this still image from a BarackObama.com campaign video, President Obama wipes away tears as he thanks members of his campaign staff and volunteers in Chicago on Nov. 7, 2012, a day after he won re-election. (Associated Press/BarackObama.com)

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker introduces Gov. Mitt Romney at a campaign event just days before the election while Wisconsin residents grew increasingly weary of robocalls, attacks ads, emails begging for donations and glossy political mail after two years of a near-continuous stream of elections, recalls and recounts in the state. (Associated Press)

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"Well, here’s the choice — either you do it or the federal government’s going to do it for you." - State Senate Democratic Leader Richard L. Saslaw. (The Washington Times)

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Ami Bera, the Democratic candidate in California’s 7th Congressional District, is ahead of the Republican incumbent by fewer than 200 votes as the count continues. The race in the district, which is nearly split in registration between the parties, is among the most fiercely contested in the country. (Associated Press)

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“We want to make sure there’s a fair and open electoral process, and there’s some violations of Florida state law. There are some things that people have to answer for.” - Rep. Allen B. West, Florida Republican. (Associated Press)

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Republican House challenger Mia Love has conceded the race to a Democratic incumbent in the newly drawn 4th Congressional District in Utah, but his 2,600-vote lead is too close to call with provisional and absentee ballots still out. (Associated Press)