Politics

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Egyptian Defense Minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi (left), President Mohammed Morsi (center) and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Sami Annan attend a medal ceremony at a military base east of Cairo last month. The president ordered the retirement of the defense minister and chief of staff on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper, right, and his fellow teamates are congratulated by the coaching staff following their 9-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks during a baseball game on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)

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Performers dance on a stage set with London landmarks during the Closing Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Mayor of London Boris Johnson, right, shakes the hand of Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, during a press conference in London to outline how London is working with the Brazilian city to ensure a smooth handover when the London 2012 Olympic Games come to an end over the up-coming weekend, in London Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Rio de Janeiro is to host the 2016 Olympic Games.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Debbie Dooley, co-founder of the Atlanta Tea Party, sets out signs and waits for returns as groups opposing a proposed sales tax increase that would have raised billions of dollars for transportation projects gather for a election night watch at Hudson Grille in Atlanta on Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (right) listens as his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, speaks during a campaign stop at the NASCAR Technical Institute on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in Mooresville, N.C. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney (left) and his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, arrive at Wilson Air Field in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Adam Jennings)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)

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The USS Porter, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, was damaged in a collision with a Japanese-owned oil tanker just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. The collision left a gaping hole in the starboard side of the Porter, but no one was injured on either vessel, the Navy said. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Jonathan Sunderman)

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Palestinians walk toward the Egyptian border crossing with Gaza, which temporarily has been reopened but only to allow the passage of Palestinians back to Gaza, in Rafah, Egypt, on Friday Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo)