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Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, celebrate with supporters in Lima, Peru, after his victory in the nation's June 5 presidential runoff election against Keiko Fujimori, daughter of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori. The sign in front reads in Spanish, "Fujimori never again." (Associated Press)
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A view of the 10th green and the clubhouse at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., is shown on May 23, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Republican 2012 presidential hopeful and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty smiles as he arrives June 12, 2011, to a packed crowd at Halligan Tavern during a meet and greet sponsored by the Derry Republican Committee in Derry, N.H. (Associated Press)
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In this image taken from television, rebel forces on the front line repel government troops on June 12, 2011, in Dafniya, Libya, as fighting continued near Libya's main port of Misrata, a western redoubt of the rebels. (Associated Press/APTN)
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Syrian refugees are seen in a tent compound in Boynuyogun, Turkey, near the Syrian border, on June 13, 2011. Turkey has given sanctuary to more than 5,000 fleeing Syrians since the uprising against the regime began in mid-March, nearly all of them in the past week from the area around Jisr al-Shughour. (Associated Press)
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The Rolex clock serves the putting green and the clubhouse at Congressional, where President Hoover was the first club president when the course opened in 1924 with 825 life members. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks at Halligan Tavern on Sunday during a meet-and-greet in Derry, N.H., sponsored by the Derry Republican Committee. The Republican 2012 presidential hopeful has been practicing the type of campaigning with a personal touch that Granite State voters expect.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Rep. Anthony D. Weiner is questioned Saturday by the media near his home in Queens, N.Y. The congressman says he will take a leave of absence and seek treatment despite calls for his resignation from several top Democrats.
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REGNERY PUBLISHING Much of his staff may have resigned, but Newt Gingrich soldiers on with the release of a new book and a televised presidential debate on Monday night.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey celebrate Sunday while watching Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife, Emine, on a screen in Ankara. The ruling party won a third term in parliamentary elections.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a United For Life event organized by a Hispanic anti-abortion group at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on Sunday. Mr. Perry said he is "going to think about" entering the Republican field for the presidential nomination.
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Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, New York Democrat, is questioned by the media near his home in the Queens borough of New York on June 11, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawid Luddin speaks during a press conference with Afghan presidential spokesman Waheed Omar and Masoom Stanekzai, secretary of a peace council set up by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 12, 2011. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the media, Syrian soldiers and armored vehicles arrive in Istabraq village near the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour, Syria, on June 11, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Possible 2012 presidential hopeful and former Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., of Utah, speaks to a reporter at a gathering at the home of Nancy and Wally Stickney in Salem, N.H., on June 10, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Anthony Weiner, New York Democrat, is questioned by the media near his home in the Queens borough, Saturday, June 11, 2011. The 46-year-old congressman acknowledged Friday that he had online contact with a 17-year-old girl from Delaware but said there was nothing inappropriate. (AP Photo/David Karp)
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Rep. Anthony Weiner, New York Democrat, carries his laundry to a laundromat near his home in the Queens borough, Saturday, June 11, 2011. The 46-year-old congressman acknowledged Friday that he had online contact with a 17-year-old girl from Delaware but said there was nothing inappropriate. (AP Photo/David Karp)
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** FILE ** This Aug. 8, 1998, file photo shows the United States Embassy, left, and other damaged buildings in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, the day after terrorist bombs in Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File)
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** FILE ** President Barack Obama, center, and Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., second from right, pose for photos at Jerry's Famous Deli after a fundraiser for Florida Democrats, in this Aug. 18, 2010, file photo taken in Miami Beach, Fla. President Barack Obama has problems in Florida that he didn't have when he won the pivotal swing state in 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, FILE)
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Somali protesters set fires outside the Medina hotel which accommodates Somali MPs in southern Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 10, 2011, where protesters took to the streets for the second day in support of current Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. (Associated Press)
