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Anti-regime protesters chants slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration on March 9, 2012, after Friday prayer in Beirut. (Associated Press)
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin checks Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman into the bench during the third period Thursday, March 8, 2012, in Washington. The Capitals won 3-2 in overtime. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Chuck Hassebrook (left) bows out of the race for Nebraska's open U.S. Senate seat Thursday and endorses Bob Kerrey (right), a former governor and senator from the state. The two men had been vying for the Democratic nomination to replace the retiring Sen. Ben Nelson. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In Colorado and Oregon, advocates of gun rights were victorious when courts in both states agreed that universities must defer to state laws allowing permit holders to carry concealed handguns. Here, Virginia Delegate Robert G. Marshall, Prince William Republican, speaks at a gun rally in Richmond, Va., in support of a bill in the state legislature that would allow faculty with concealed carry permits to have firearms on college campuses. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, addressing in a crowd in North Dakota on Tuesday, is banking on winning over delegates in states where straw-poll and caucus results are not binding. His supporters will be contacting those delegates. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said that conversations would continue in the House about a longer term approach to the nation's transportation needs. For now, he said he is willing to take up a Senate transportation bill. (Associated Press)
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President Nicolas Sarkozy is facing an image problem as he runs for a second term. "It's not his record. It's him. In the end, he is not loved," a senior adviser at a Paris think tank says. (Associated Press)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, campaigning for re-election in the Basque city of Bayonne, took refuge last week when his visit was disrupted by a boisterous crowd. (Associated Press)
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This image made from amateur video and released by Aljizahnews on Thursday purports to show a deputy to Syria's oil ministry who identifies himself as Abdo Husameddine at an unidentified location.(Associated Press)
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**FILE** This satellite image shows the military complex at Parchin, Iran, 30 km (about 19 miles) southeast of Tehran on Aug. 13, 2004. (Associated Press/DigitalGlobe/Institute for Science and International Security)
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President Obama meets March 5, 2012, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin delivers the keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Feb. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)
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1st Lt. Robert Schmitt, shown in 1950, led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. (AP Photo/David Nelson)
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Troops of the 1st U.S. Cavalry Division land ashore at Pohang on the east coast of Korea in July 1950 during the Korean War. (AP Photo, File)
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The Maples, a 60-acre Civil War-era estate near Middleburg, Va., is on the market for $5,300,000. The home has deep front porches on the main and upper levels, and the original front door has been preserved.
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Robert King (left), U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, and Jon Brause, a senior official with the U.S. Agency for International Development, arrive for a press briefing before flying back to Washington from the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A police commando stands guard on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, as authorities use heavy machinery to demolish Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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We’re in an all-out sprint. We know we’ve got a really important weekend ahead of us.” — Maryland Delegate Neil C. Parrott, Washington Republican (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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The federal government controls 65 percent of the land in Utah, including the Desolation Canyon stretch of the Green River near the eastern edge of the West Tavaputs Plateau. Utah is seeking control of the land so it can bolster its tax base. (Southwestern Utah Wilderness Alliance via Associated Press)
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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is expected to sign a legislation calling for the federal government to transfer control of federal lands to the state. (Salt Lake Tribune via Associated Press)
