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Well-wishers applaud Aung San Suu Kyi during her visit to Bago, Myanmar, on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. Mrs. Suu Kyi tested the limits of her freedom by taking her first political trip into the countryside since being released from house arrest. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks during the Iowa Republican Party's Straw Poll on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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In this image taken on a cellphone by a citizen journalist and provided by Shaam News Network, protesters against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad hold up an Arabic banner reading, "Enough killing, will not bow," during a demonstration in the village of Maarat Harma in northern Syria's Edlib province on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)
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A wreath of flowers and ribbons in the German national colors is placed by the Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. (Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and President Christian Wulff, left, speak to spectators as they attend the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. Germany marks the 50th anniversary of the day communist East Germany sealed itself off behind the Wall. (Photo/ Markus Schreiber)
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Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. dances with her husband Marcus before speaking to her supporters at the Republican Party's Straw Poll in Ames, Iowa, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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** FILE ** President Barack Obama leaves the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, on his way to play golf at Andrews Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the RedState Gathering, a meeting of conservative activists, where he announced his run for president in 2012, in Charleston, S.C., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry arrives to speak at the RedState gathering, a meeting of conservative activists, where he announced his run for president in Charleston, S.C., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Pakistani media follow a senior police officer at outside the house of a abducted American citizen in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. Gunmen abducted an American man after raiding his home in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Saturday, Pakistani officials said, an unusually brazen attack on a foreigner in a country where kidnappings are believed to help fund Islamist militant movements. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Pakistani media follow a senior police officer at outside the house of a abducted American citizen in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. Gunmen abducted an American man after raiding his home in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Saturday, Pakistani officials said, an unusually brazen attack on a foreigner in a country where kidnappings are believed to help fund Islamist militant movements. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Rick Perry for President buttons are already appearing at the Republicans summer dinner where the Texas governor is speaking tonight in Birmingham, Ala. on Aug. 12, 2011. The Texas governor is expected to enter the race for 2012 GOP presidential nomination on Saturday with appearances in South Carolina and New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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This image provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Jennifer Lopez, the woman arrested for allegedly abducting the grandchildren of Republican U.S. Rep. Gary Miller and taking them to Mexico four years ago. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff)
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Washington Mystics' Crystal Langhorne (shown in a photo against the Atlanta Dream) led the Mystics in scoring with 18 points in their 64-63 win against the New York Liberty on Friday night. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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** FILE ** President Obama signs the health care bill at the White House in Washington on March 23, 2010. (Associated Press)
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President Obama signs the health care bill in the White House on March 23, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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**FILE** White House Press Secretary Jay Carney gestures during his daily news briefing at the White House on Aug., 10, 2011. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo from Aug. 1, 2011, House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (center), Texas Republican, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left), Virginia Republican, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill on the debt deal agreement. (Associated Press)
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This combo shows the 30 troops (in alphabetical order by last name from top left to bottom right) killed in a helicopter downing in Afghanistan on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. The Pentagon on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, identified the Americans as 17 members of the elite Navy SEALs, five Naval Special Warfare personnel who support the SEALs, three Air Force Special Operations personnel and an Army helicopter crew of five. (AP Photo)
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A train technician waves as he approaches CRH high-peed trains stopped on tracks at Beijing South Station in Beijing on Aug. 12, 2011. (Associated Press)
