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Greenpeace activists secure an arctic survival pod on the underside of the Leiv Eiriksson oil rig off Greenland's coast on Sunday, May 29, 2011, in an attempt to stop a Scottish oil company from starting deepwater drilling in the arctic waters. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Steve Morgan)
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** FILE ** Georges Tron, France's junior minister for civil service, waves to the media as he arrives for the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris in March 2010. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
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A Palestinian family waits before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Robert King, left, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, and U.S. citizen Eddie Jun, right, prepare to leave Pyongyang, North Korea, on Saturday May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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President Obama (left) and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk talk as they leave a joint news conference at the Chancellery Building in Warsaw on Saturday, May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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The President of the United States Barack Obama,left, and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski take part in an arrival ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Saturday, May 28, 2011. Obama came to Poland for a two day visit. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Palestinians wait before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 28, 2011. After four years, Egypt on Saturday permanently opened the Gaza Strip's main gateway to the outside world, bringing long-awaited relief to the territory's Palestinian population and a significant achievement for the area's ruling Hamas militant group. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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US President Barack Obama, right, shares a word with IMF Acting Managing Director John Lipsky, center, and British Prime Minister David Cameron during departures after a G8 summit in Deauville, France, Friday, May 27, 2011.
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President Obama (right) speaks with Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf during a group photo at the G8 summit in Deauville, France, on May 27, 2011. (Associated Press/dapd/Peer Grimm)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (right) and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (center), welcome President Obama to Le Ciro's Restaurant during a dinner meeting for the G8 summit in Deauville, France, on May 26, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev adjusts his earpiece during a press conference at the G8 summit in Deauville, France, Friday, May 27, 2011. Medvedev says he's sending his special envoy to hold talks with Libyan rebels in Benghazi. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a news conference with Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 27, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, says he has documented proof of $3 billion worth of waste and mismanagement by the National Science Foundation. The 73-page report to taxpayers by researchers is annotated with more than 350 footnotes. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Riot police oversee arrested protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Thursday. The activists' demonstration had been intended to prevent an Independence Day military parade before police moved in with a water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the protest.
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Tommy James helps celebrate what would have been the centennial birthday of Hubert H. Humphrey this weekend. The iconic rocker of the Shondells fame became friends with the 1968 presidential candidate during a campaign event.
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Illustration: Debit card attack by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Syrian street vendors wait for customers on a historic street in old Damascus, an area usually teeming with visiting foreign tourist at this time of the year. The uprising against President Bashar Assad is eviscerating the country's economy, threatening to hit hard at the business community and prosperous merchant classes, which the embattled regime relies on to help retain its grip on power.
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Karin Cooper/“Face the Nation” Mezzo Olga Borodina and her husband, bass baritone Ildar Abdrazakov, sing as Mr. Domingo conducts during the Washington National Opera concert "An Evening with Olga and Ildar" in October 2009 at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington.
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**FILE** Miroslava Acosta, 4, holds a sign during a rally at the Arizona state capital building in Phoenix on May 9, 2011, to protest Arizona's decision to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a decision by a lower court that put the most controversial parts of the state's immigration enforcement law on hold. (Associated Press)
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Security officials and forensic experts work at the scene after a bomb exploded at a bus stop during rush hour in Istanbul on Thursday, May 26, 2011. (AP Photo)
