Politics

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Relatives mourn for Ali Shaaban, a cameraman for the Al Jadeed television station who was filming in Lebanon's northern Wadi Khaled area when he was fatally shot in the chest by Syrian government forces. (Associated Press)

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"The Hunger Games" for the second year in a row was among the most "challenged" books, according to the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.

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A relative embraces former hostage Jorge Romero at police headquarters in Bogota on April 4. Even if the FARC releases all its captives, many obstacles remain for talks aimed at ending a half-century of conflict in Colombia. (Associated Press)

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Mayor Vincent Gray and Councilman Jim Graham join others for the ribbon-cutting at the newly renovated Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 9, 2012. The theater, which originally opened in 1910, was one of the first places African-Americans could see live musical acts. The club promises to offer live acts again, this time with a full-scale kitchen and bar as well. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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President Obama holds a basketball with his picture on it April 9, 2012, as he shakes hands with a member of the Harlem Globetrotters during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama meets with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on April 9, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Associated Press)

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Sweden's Queen Silvia (left) welcomes Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Henrik Montgomery)

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A bust of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin sits inside a museum dedicated to him in the town of Gori, some 50 miles west of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on Monday, April 9, 2012. The museum, which has honored Stalin since 1937, is being remodeled to exhibit the atrocities that were committed during his rule. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

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**FILE** President Obama plays basketball with former NBA player Bruce Bowen on April 9, 2012, during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. (Associated Press)

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President Obama attends the opening of the Easter Egg Roll festivities at the White House on April 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks Feb. 1, 2012, to reporters on his campaign plane en route from Tampa, Fla. to Minnesota and Nevada. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Representatives sit around a table Jan. 22, 2011, on the second day talks between Iran and world powers on Iran's nuclear program at the historical Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. (Associated Press)

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Khairat el-Shater, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate for the Egyptian presidency, leaves the Higher Presidential Elections Commission after submitting his candidacy papers in Cairo on Friday, April 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Egyptian supporters of former Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman surround his car as it is escorted by military police outside the Higher Presidential Elections Commission in Cairo on April 8, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A satellite image taken Sept. 27, 2009, shows a suspected nuclear enrichment facility under construction inside a mountain located north of Qom, Iran. (Associated Press/DigitalGlobe)

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Syrians chant slogans and wave revolutionary flags during a demonstration in Daraa, Syria, on Saturday, April 7, 2012, in a photo taken by a citizen journalist. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

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Hilary Unaegbu of Bowie kneels in prayer, during the Easter Sunday Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington is seen unvesting following the Easter Sunday Solemn Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington delivers his speech during the Easter Sunday Solemn Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)