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Thousands of youths demonstrate against homosexuality in Uganda's capital, Kampala, in January 2010. Ugandan Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo has accused some nongovernmental organizations of conspiring with foreign backers to recruit children into homosexuality. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of Energy Steven Chu (right) and Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, announce construction of a hybrid geothermal/solar power plant in Nevada last summer. (Associated Press)

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People react during the funeral of Ugandan gay activist David Kato in Mukono, Uganda, in January 2011. His slaying followed the publication of his name and picture, and those of about 100 other suspected gays, in a tabloid under an inflammatory headline, "Hang them." (Associated Press)

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President Obama puts on a red, white, and blue hat, while visiting with service members during the Independence Day celebration on the from the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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FILE - In this June 28, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pauses while speaking about the Supreme Court's health care ruling in Washington. High unemployment threatens not only President Barack Obama's re-election prospects. It will also bedevil whoever occupies the White House for the next four years. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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A man Wednesday stands on a truck carrying NATO vehicles in Chaman, Pakistan, near the Afghan border. Pakistan on Tuesday decided to end a seven-month blockade of NATO troop supplies in a rare bright spot in relations with the United States. (Associated Press)

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"What we have done here is to strip away the fiction that ... those with blood on their hands can stay in power," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Voter Salema Dahdah steps out the voting booth at Saint Monica Lanes in Philadelphia on Nov. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)

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President Obama greets service members July 4, 2012, after they became U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the White House. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks June 8, 2012, with his staff while riding on his bus after a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Associated Press)