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Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal (left) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are scheduled to meet next week to discuss actions on a deal reached in May to end a 4 1/2-year rift between Hamas and Mr. Abbas' Fatah party. (Associated Press)
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Flanked by military officers, Mr. Kim watches an air drill at an undisclosed air base in North Korea. Military photo-ops like this seek to show citizens that their new leader is firmly in command of the country's most important institution, its 1.2 million-strong military.
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In this undated photo, North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, greets students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. Compared with his father, who preceded him as president, Mr. Kim is less aloof and more outgoing. (Associated Press)
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FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III (left) and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to assess current and future national security threats. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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** FILE ** Real estate mogul Donald Trump (left) smiles as Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich talks to the media after the two met in New York on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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** FILE ** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing titled "Fast & Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Col. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos, a spokesman for the Philippine military, shows a picture of Malaysian Zulkipli bin Hir, also known as Marwan, a top leader of the regional, al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, during a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Quezon City, Philippines, north of Manila. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing titled "Fast & Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice." Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and committee chairman, is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama speaks at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Palestinian demonstrators surround the convoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as it enters the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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Col. Ri Son-kwon (left) of the Policy Department of North Korea’s National Defense Commission, accompanied by an unidentified official, gives an interview to the Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (left) speaks with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Pastor Joe Fuiten of Cedar Park Assembly of God in Bothell speaks against the pending gay marriage legislation at a noon rally of several hundred, last Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, as legislative hearings regarding the bill are held on the Capitol campus in Olympia, Wash. As lawmakers held their first public hearing on legalizing same-sex marriage, a previously undecided Democratic senator on Monday announced her support for the measure, all but ensuring that Washington will become the seventh state to allow gay and lesbian couples to get married. (AP Photo/The Olympian, Steve Bloom)
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Former Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan is now chairman of American Crossroads, which raised $51 million to aid GOP candidates. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press Former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo on Wednesday introduces Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood. Mr. Tancredo gave Mr. Santorum his endorsement.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Mitt Romney is coming off a win in the Florida primary with an edge in fundraising as well. He ended 2011 with 10 times more money in the bank than former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Mr. Romney has steadily raised $1.5 million weekly.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney claimed victory in the Florida primary Tuesday, but a closer look at the numbers suggests the former governor could struggle there against President Obama in a general election. (Associated Press)
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Former Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan is now chairman of American Crossroads, which raised $51 million to aid GOP candidates. (Associated Press)
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Celebrating at a November signing ceremony in Caracas, (from left) are Jorge Giordani, Venezuela's minister of planning and finance; President Hugo Chavez; and Zhan Xiaoquiang, China's vice minister of national development and reform. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Denny Rehberg, Montana Republican, is pleased the "Big Mountain Jesus" monument honoring World War II vets will remain in Flathead National Forest.
