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Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his wife, Jill, arrive in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday for the Democratic National Convention. His enthusiasm and joviality are seen as assets. (Associated Press)
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Edith Child of Greenwood, S.C., is shown leading the campaign chant “Fired Up, Ready To Go” with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008. She remains a strong supporter. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 4, 2012. (Associated Press)
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A delegate arrives Sept. 4, 2012, at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., during a downpour. (Associated Press)
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The death of the playboy son of Ling Jihua (left), a loyal aide and confidant to President Hu Jintao, here signing a document in March after the National People’s Congress in Beijing, has put a crimp in China’s hopes for an orderly transition of power. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, is in Beijing to press Chinese authorities to agree to a peaceful resolution of disputes with their smaller Asian neighbors over competing territorial claims in the South China Sea. (Associated Press)
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Ghassan Khalil, 30, holds his son Mahmoud, 2, who has a fever, Monday at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing. He fled his home in Marea 12 days earlier after government forces shelled it and hopes to enter a Turkish refugee camp. (Associated Press)
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Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 4, 2012. (Associated Press)
