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**FILE** President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron participate in a joint news conference at Lancaster House in London on May 25, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
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Syrian rebels take position during clashes with government forces in Idlib, Syria, on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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University of Maryland Police Chief David Mitchell says Alexander Song's threats were "credible" though no weapons were found in his dorm room or family home. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner (The Washington Times)
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Presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, making his second run for the Republican nomination, has improved his vote total over 2008 in every state so far except for Idaho, which switched from a primary to a caucus. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was one of the dignitaries on hand as President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010. The Supreme Court will start hearing arguments on the law's insurance mandate on March 26. (Associated Press)
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Comedian Jeff Foxworthy introduces Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at a campaign stop at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Monday, March 12, 2012, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/ John David Mercer)
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Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a rally in Brandon, Miss., Sunday evening, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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The Army is investigating claims that psychiatrists at the Madigan Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord military base near Tacoma, Wash., failed to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder in hundreds of troops. About 1,500 cases have been reviewed, and 285 of the troops will be offered re-evaluations. (Associated Press)
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Boeing's popular 787 Dreamliner has been nicknamed the "Subsidy-liner" and the "7-aid-7" by European rival Airbus because of funding provided to Boeing by the U.S. government. The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that the U.S. has provided billions in illegal subsidies to Boeing. (Associated Press)
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Palestinians inspect building rubble after an Israeli airstrike on Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip on Monday. Airstrikes killed two Palestinian militants and a schoolboy while Palestinian rocket squads barraged southern Israel. (Associated Press)
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The Iron Dome is an Israeli-made system designed to shoot down short-range rockets such as those fired from the Gaza Strip. Here, a rocket is launched from southern Israel to intercept rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza on Monday. (Associated Press)
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks March 12, 2012, during the daily news briefing at the White House. (Associated Press)
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A ceremony in Iran to honor director Asghar Farhadi, here with his best-foreign-language-film Oscar for "A Separation," was canceled abruptly Monday. Hard-liners reportedly were upset with the film's treatment of problems in Iranian society. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a news conference at United Nations headquarters on March 12, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Logo for the Cartoon Network's "Stop Bullying: Speak Up" initiative, for which President Obama will deliver a message.
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In this photo from March 11, 2012, the wife of Mohammed Halak slumps in a chair next to his body as she mourns the death of her husband, who was killed during fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and the Syrian Army in Idlib, north Syria. Scores of people have been reported dead during clashes between government forces and Free Syrian Army fighters. (Associated Press)
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In this photo from March 11, 2012, medics help a wounded man outside a hospital during fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces in Idlib, north Syria. Scores of people have been reported dead during clashes between Government forces and Free Syrian Army fighters. (Associated Press)
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In this photo from March 10, 2012, Aida, 32, reacts as she recovers from severe injuries after the Syrian Army shelled her house in Idlib north Syria. Aida's husband and two children were killed. (Associated Press)
