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Anti-Syrian-regime protesters hold up Kurdish flags during a rally in the northeastern town of Qamishli, Syria, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in this image taken by a citizen journalist. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
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Flames rise from a house in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs, Syria, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, after shelling by government troops. This photo was taken by a citizen journalist and supplied by the Local Coordination Committees activist group. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Somalia Conference at Lancaster House in London on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
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Glyn Davies (center), U.S. envoy on North Korean affairs, speaks to U.S. Embassy staff at a hotel in Beijing before heading to nuclear talks with North Korean officials on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, waves to the crowd as he is introduced at the start of a Republican presidential debate among the 2012 candidates Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a Republican presidential debate Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (right) and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum argue a point Feb. 22, 2012, during a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz. (Associated Press)
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, greets Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, second from left, as former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney watch before the start of a Republican presidential debate Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks Feb. 22, 2012, during a campaign rally at the Sabbar Shrine Center in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)
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Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III speaks Wednesday in favor of a proposal to add slot machines at the National Harbor waterfront resort in Prince George's County during a hearing before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee in Annapolis. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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"The Undefeated", a two-hour documentary on Sarah Palin's political career, will air March 11 on the Reelz Network, one day after HBO debuts "Game Change," a film dramatizing the 2008 presidential election.
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President Obama welcomes guests during a salute to blues music Tuesday in the East Room of the White House. The star-studded event featured Mick Jagger and B.B. King, among others, and was taped for broadcast Monday night on PBS. (Associated Press)
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From left, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Warren Haynes were among those who performed Tuesday at the White House. President Obama got a few blues notes in as well. (Associated Press)
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Firemen rescue wounded passengers from a commuter train after a crash in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. The packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station, killing scores and injuring hundreds, according to police. (Associated Press)
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Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has 24 goals and 45 points this season. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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President Abdoulaye Wade waves to supporters at a campaign rally in his hometown of Kebemer, Senegal, on Feb. 9. As Mr. Wade tries to persuade voters to give him a third term on Sunday, his age has become a campaign issue. Officially, he was born on May 29, 1926, making him 85 years old. His critics contend that he may be 90. (Associated Press)
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Supporters of Senegal's president await his arrival for a campaign rally Feb. 10 in the town of Dagana. Abdoulaye Wade says he is in good health and is able to serve another term. "I still feel like I have the physical and intellectual capacity to serve my people," he said. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** NBC's Brian Williams, host of "Rock Center with Brian Williams," interviews Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on Dec. 12, 2012, in New York. (Associated Press)
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Anti-government protesters carry a banner reading "The Senegalese revolution said to liberate the people," as they are blocked by police from reaching Independence Square in central Dakar, Senegal, on Feb. 21, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Protesters affiliated with the Communist party chant slogans Feb. 22, 2012, as they march through the center of Athens. Greece scrambled to push through a batch of emergency laws that will further cut incomes and state spending, a day after securing a new bailout and debt relief deal designed to stave off bankruptcy. (Associated Press)
