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Police officers block opposition demonstrators after a massive rally in Pushkin Square in downtown Moscow on Monday, March 5, 2012, to protest Sunday's presidential election. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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The 2nd Corps of the Korean People's Army in North Korea conducts a live-fire exercise near North Korea's southwest coast on Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo)
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Former first ladies Laura Bush and Barbara Bush share a light moment with moderator Doris Kearns Goodwin (right) during a discussion Monday that was part of the conference "America's First Ladies: An Enduring Vision" at SMU in Dallas. (Associated Press)
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Council member Vincent B. Orange is one of the D.C. politicians who have reportedly received funds related to Jeffrey E. Thompson. (The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich: "The president of the United States has enormous capacity to enable the increased production of American oil and American gas. By deregulation, by opening up the Gulf, by opening up fields in Alaska, by opening up federal lands." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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D.C. Council member Yvette M. Alexander hopes to relocate the only eligible medical-marijuana cultivation center to a site in her ward east of the Anacostia River. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Special to The Washington Times)
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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Monday that the decision to kill a U.S. citizen living abroad who poses a terrorist threat "is among the gravest that government leaders can face," but justified the action as legal and sometimes necessary in the war on terrorism.
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Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland Republican: "Law-abiding Americans should not have to prove to governments that they have a need to own and use a gun to defend themselves and their family members." (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** This May 16, 2011 file photo shows U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in Chicago. Jackson faces a Democratic challenge from former one-term congressman and state legislator, Debbie Halvorson in Illinois' 2nd Congressional District in the March 20 primary. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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The United Nations is sending two envoys to Syria to press the case to allow humanitarian relief workers unhindered access. These Syrian children fled with their families from Qusair, near Homs, to the Lebanese-Syrian border village of Qaa. (Associated Press)
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Russian police subdue demonstrators who refused to disperse in Moscow on Monday. Protesters contested the outcome of the Russian presidential election, pointing to reports of widespread violations in balloting. (Associated Press)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second from right) confers Monday in Moscow with three of the rivals he defeated in the presidential election a day earlier: Mikhail Prokhorov (left), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (second from left) and Sergei Mironov. (Associated Press)
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Russian police detain opposition activists Monday in St. Petersburg. More than 100 were arrested in Russia's second-largest city, where about 2,000 gathered to protest results of the presidential election.
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associated press President Obama reiterates his support for Israel on Sunday at American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference, comments that didn't sit well with Palestinians.
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Virginia Capitol Police arrest more than 30 pro-choice activists when they refused to disperse as ordered. (Associated Press)
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"Latter Day Saints for Ron Paul" is one of the 32 coalitions fiercely devoted to Rep. Ron Paul, who now counts relatives of Mitt Romney among his supporters. (Courtesy Ron Paul 2012 campaign)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a town hall meeting at Taylor Winfield in Youngstown, Ohio, Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner wrote to President Obama about greenhouse gas rule-making: "These rules ... stand to cost 180,000 American jobs per year." (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Members of Iraqi security forces killed Monday in an organized attack in Haditha are buried in Fallujah while men grieve above the graves (right). A gang of gunmen in military-style uniforms killed 25 police, including two commanders, and then hoisted the battle flag of al Qaeda in a carefully planned attack. (Associated Press)
