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**FILE** Residents walk Feb. 11, 2012, on a street in Pyongyang, North Korea, past posters with popular slogans illustrating North Korea's main policies. From left to right, they read, "Let's march toward a military first revolution," "Let's accomplish the tasks laid out in this year's joint new year's editorial," and "Devote the victors' hearts to the building of a strong nation." (Associated Press)
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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (Associated Press/File)
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Supporters cheer as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks to a crowd in a gymnasium at a rally at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray speaks during a news conference at the Newseum to discuss plans for this year's National Cherry Blossom Festival. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Special to The Washington Times)
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The White House is selling special-edition souvenir eggs ahead of its Easter Egg Roll on April 9. A single egg costs $7.50 while a set is $30, and the commemorative red egg features the first dog's paw print. (White House photo)
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expressing certainty that he will return to the presidency of his country after Sunday's election. Mass rallies held in support of his candidacy include some in the crowds who feel forced to attend. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Rep Dennis Kucinich makes a point during a debate between Democratic candidates for the new 9th District at the City Club in Cleveland Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Kuchinich faces Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur and businessman Graham Veysey in the March 6 primary. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Dennis J. Kucinich have served a combined 42 years in Congress representing neighboring Ohio districts. With a new legislative map, however, the longtime friends must run against each other in the Democratic primary on Super Tuesday. Pundits say the race in the new 9th District is too close to call. (Associated Press)
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People line up to have their picture taken with Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, Senate President Mike Miller and Speaker of the House Michael Busch following the signing of the Civil Marriage Protection Act at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday, March 1, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley moves out to the crowd to hand out pens after signing the Civil Marriage Protection Act into law at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday, March 1, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Supporters of the Civil Marriage Protection Act wave to Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley after he and Speaker of the House Michael Busch, right, signed the act into law at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday, March 1, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Women take their picture as they stand on the steps in the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., awaiting the signing of the Civil Marriage Protection Act on Thursday, March 1, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, Senate President Mike Miller and Speaker of the House Michael Busch sign the Civil Marriage Protection Act into law at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday, March 1, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Some of the more than $500 million worth of silver and gold coins recovered from a Spanish warship sunk off Portugal's coast in 1804 are downloaded from a military plane near Madrid on Saturday. (Associated Press)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, Senate President Mike Miller and Speaker of the House Michael Busch sign the Civil Marriage Protection Act into law at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday, March 1, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** Conservative activist and blogger Andrew Breitbart answers questions during a June 7, 2011, interview at the Associated Press in New York. (Associated Press)
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Jon Bon Jovi performs to a packed house at the MCI center Sunday night in Washington DC. March 9, 2003. (Photo: The Washington Times)
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A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane on a training flight takes off from Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. The Cold War-era aircraft has been one of Washington's only reliable windows into military movements inside North Korea for more than 35 years. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Denmark Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt speaks March 1, 2012, during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. European leaders meet for a two-day summit aimed at tackling unemployment and boosting economic growth in the region. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (center), Nevada Democrat, leads a March 1, 2012, news conference with fellow Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill after the defeat of a Republican effort to roll back President's policy on contraception insurance coverage. He is joined by (from left) Sens. Patty Murray of Washington state, Charles Schumer of New York and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois. (Associated Press)
