Politics

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A Syrian casts his vote at a polling station in Damascus, Syria, the capital, during parliamentary elections on Monday, May 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

**FILE** This photo released May 15, 2003, by the FBI shows Fahd al-Quso, who was charged as an al Qaeda member who helped plan the attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors in 2000. (Associated Press/FBI)

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Vladimir Putin speaks with his hand on the Russian Constitution during his inauguration ceremony as the country's president in Moscow on Monday, May 7, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)

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American hostage Warren Weinstein said in a video released on Sunday, May 6, 2012, that al Qaeda will kill him unless President Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)

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Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement party headquarters after conceding defeat to Socialist Francois Hollande. (Associated Press)

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"I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again," President-elect Francois Hollande told a huge crowd of supporters Sunday in his home area of Tulle in central France, before heading to Paris. "We will succeed." (Associated Press)

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Supporters of Mr. Hollande celebrate with champagne after results of the second round of the French presidential election were announced Sunday. The party outside Socialist Party headquarters in Paris. "Austerity can no longer be inevitable," Mr. Hollande declared in his victory speech Sunday night, referring to Mr. Sarkozy's push for belt-tightening to fight persistent unemployment and rising national debt.

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Members of the Coalition of the Radical Left enthusiastically watch election results showing their party win enough to possibly become the new No. 2 party in the parliament. (Associated Press)

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The Golden Dawn party led by Nikolaos Michaloliakos made inroads in Sunday's parliamentary elections, one of several fringe parties to benefit as Greeks punished the parties in power that backed harsh austerity measures tied to debt relief agreements. (Associated Press)

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President Obama and his wife, Michelle, acknowledge the crowd Saturday during a campaign rally at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. His speech was interrupted several times with chants of "four more years." (Associated Press)

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Tom Compton, center, # 68, an offensive tackle drafted from South Dakota, goes through stretching exercises at Redskins Park. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan, left, talks with newly drafted quarterback Robert Griffin III. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Quarterback draft pick Kirk Cousins from Michigan State gets ready to throw the ball during Washington Redskins rookie minicamp. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Adam Gettis, an offensive guard drafted from Iowa, stretches on the field during Washington Redskins rookie minicamp. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Supporters of Socialist President-elect Francois Hollande, seen on the video screen at right, celebrate after the results of the second round of the French Presidential elections were announced at Bastille square in Paris, France, Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)