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An exiled Tibetan Buddhist in Dharmsala, India, protests Chinese rule. Since March 2011, dozens of ethnic Tibetans have set themselves on fire in ethnically Tibetan areas to protest China’s perceived repression.

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President Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., the day after he was re-elected President, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks Nov. 7, 2012, at his election night party in Chicago. (Associated Press)

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Daniel Day-Lewis, as the 16th president in “Lincoln,” brings to life the man and his struggles as he sought to end the Civil War and reunify the country. Steven Spielberg directs the film, rated PG-13. (Dreamworks and Twentieth Century Fox via Associated Press)

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks Nov. 7, 2012, at the Capitol in Washington about the elections and the unfinished business of Congress. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** D.C. resident Tobie Miser joins unemployed workers and their supporters Oct. 11, 2011, for a prayer vigil in support of the upcoming Senate vote on the American Jobs Act in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)