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President Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to former Polish Foreign Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld who is accepting for Jan Karski, a resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, holds a baby as he greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event in Craig, Colo., on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II determined that while there is no "express authority" allowing the governor to transfer administration of the Dulles Toll Road, various statutes give the executive branch broad flexibility to provide for public transportation. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks May 29, 2012, during a campaign event at the Somers Furniture warehouse in Las Vegas. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Tuesday in Craig, Colo., where he lambasted President Obama for his record on job creation and a perceived hostility toward business. (Associated Press)
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Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, a Republican candidate for the Senate, visits a restaurant in Houston on Tuesday, the day of the primary. Mr. Dewhurst touts his experience in the Air Force, the CIA and in business. (Associated Press)
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"This latest attempt to win over Russia, like the failed Annan plan, is but a rationalization for inaction. It is clear that nothing in Syria will change for the better until the balance of power on the ground shifts against Assad." - Sen. John McCain of Arizona
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This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network taken Saturday purports to show the bodies of a man and a girl on the hood of a United Nations observer vehicle following a Syrian government assault on Houla, Syria. The Syrian government denied Sunday its troops were behind the attack in which at least 108 people were killed. (Shaam News Networks via Associated Press)
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Members of labor unions and non-governmental groups march to protest government reforms and austerity cuts in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Banner reads: "Stop to government". (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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From left, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro and Education Secretary Arne Duncan participate in a roundtable discussion on education reform at Jepson School in New Haven, Conn., on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney walks past Donald Trump's airplane as he arrives in Las Vegas, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to China in the coming weeks. Israel and China established diplomatic relations in 1992, and the two countries traded military technology for nearly a decade.
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Gen. Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (left), met last week with with Israeli military chief, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz (right). After a prolonged chill, security relations between Israel and China are warming up. (Associated Press)
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Elderly patients from a hospital in Mirandola were evacuated to the shade of trees. Prime Minister Mario Monti pledged his government would do "all that is possible ... to guarantee the resumption of normal life in this area that is so special, so important and so productive for Italy." (Associated Press)
