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**FILE** Former Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair hugs his wife, Cherie, after delivering the keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Manchester, England, on Sept. 26, 2006. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner testifies Feb. 16, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget. (Associated Press)
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Tires burn during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, to protest the burning of Qurans, the Muslim holy book, at the Bagram Airfield military base. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the first State Department-hosted Global Business Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Anti-Syrian regime mourners carry Feb. 18, 2012, the coffins of two protesters that according to Syrian activists were killed by the Syrian security forces during a demonstration at Mazzeh district in Damascus, Syria. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
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U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Affairs Glyn Davies speaks Feb. 22, 2012, to journalists upon arrival at a hotel in Beijing. (Associated Press)
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B.B. King (left), Buddy Guy (center) and Warren Haynes perform in recognition of Black History Month on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, houses are seen damaged by Syrian government forces shelling in Homs, Syria. The Associated Press is unable to independently verify the authenticity, content, location or date of this handout photo. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden is on the "road" again, this time to Rhode Island, after a misspelling on his itinerary was corrected. (Associated Press)
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Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker rubs his face during a media conference after a meeting of eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (left) said a budget proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley is too light on cuts and too heavy on spending. The Senate likely will begin debating the budget this month, Mr. Miller said. (The Washington Times)
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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Latin America should adopt sanctions against Great Britain. (Associated Press)
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Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash, right, drives past Washington Wizards forward Kevin Seraphin on his way to the basket in the third quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Phoenix. The Suns won 104-88. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pumps his fist Feb. 21, 2012, during a campaign stop at the Maricopa County Lincoln Day Luncheon in Phoenix. (Associated Press)
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Israeli officials cite intelligence reports that Tel Aviv would be a main target of any Iranian attack. A rocket-defense system is being set up in the Mediterranean coastal city, where Israel's sprawling military headquarters sits amid office towers and tourist hotels. (Associated Press)
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Chris Brown and Rihanna are featured on remixes of each other's hit songs that were released Monday. Mr. Brown attacked Rihanna, his girlfriend at the time, at a pre-Grammy Awards party in 2009. (Associated Press)
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President Obama talks Feb. 21, 2012, at the White House about the importance of the payroll-tax cut and jobless-benefits extension compromise that bi-partisan House and Senate conferees reached the previous week. He is joined by people who posted comments on the White House web site about how the tax cut would affect them. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Joseph Getty (R-Carroll and Baltimore) asked several questions about amendments that the Maryland House attached to the Civil Marriage Protection Act before the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on the act Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in Annapolis, Md. Although Mr. Getty voted against the bill, it passed by a vote of 7 to 4 and will now move to the Senate floor. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Jamie Raskin, Montgomery County Democrat, explains several of the amendments in the Civil Marriage Protection Act to his fellow Senate Judiciary Committee members before a vote on Feb. 21, 2012, in Annapolis. The committee passed the act by a vote of 7 to 4. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left), talks on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, about the importance of the payroll-tax cut and jobless-benefits extension passed by Congress last week. Joining the president and vice president at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House complex in Washington are people who posted comments on the White House website about how the tax cut would affect them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
