Politics

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This citizen journalist image shows a destroyed car on a street damaged by tank treads after fighting between rebels and Syrian troops in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, Syria, Saturday, July 21, 2012. This week, fierce fighting between troops and rebels reached the Syrian capital, the central bastion of Bashar Assad's rule, shattering parts of the city and sending thousands of people fleeing to neighboring Lebanon and Iraq. Activists and residents reported a tense calm in Damascus Saturday but said sporadic gunfire and explosions could be heard throughout the night. (AP Photo)

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney out-raised President Obama by $73 million to $66 million in June, disclosures showed Friday. Mr. Romney doubled his small-donor base, as contributions from people giving $200 or less quadrupled from $2.4 million in April to $10 million in June. (Associated Press)

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Led by Reps. Trent Franks and Heath Shuler, the bipartisan International Religious Freedom Caucus seeks to protect Christians and other religious minorities in the Arab world. (Image from International Religious Freedom Caucus)

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D.C. Council member Jack Evans said he will be ready to run either in 2014 or sooner than that should a special election be required. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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“While I strongly support the wellness and prevention mission of the CDC, I also support the safeguards Congress has put in place on the use of federal funds to protect against the misuse of tax dollars. Every dollar spent on inappropriate or illegal activities is a dollar that didn’t go toward saving lives and improving health.” - Sen. Susan M. Collins, Maine Republican (Associated Press)

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (third from right) talks with Myanmar Minister of Finance Hla Tun (right) and government officials from Cambodia, Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore during a meeting with Association of Southeast Asian nations finance ministers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Honolulu in November 2011. Myanmar appeals to U.S. commercial ventures. (Associated Press)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is on alert for plots to kill Israelis overseas, including the Olympics. Eleven Israelis were killed at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. (Associated Press)

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On the first anniversary of Norway’s worst peacetime massacre, two people Sunday lay down flowers outside the government building in Olso damaged in the bombing by an anti-Musilm killer. Norway’s commitment to face xenophobia with tolerance is being put to the test by hostile reactions to an influx of Gypsies. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, left, confers with Steve Hogan, mayor of Aurora, Colo., before a news conference at the Century 16 theater east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens the weekly Cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Gali Tbbon, Pool)