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A protester holds a sign with a photo of Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy, as others shout slogans during a rally demanding the resumption of peace talks between the two Koreas and six-party talks, in Seoul on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The placard reads, "Start the meeting between two Koreas and six-party talks." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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** FILE ** French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, are seen on May 13, 2011, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Associated Press)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (right) is introduced to Enda Kenny (left), Ireland's taoiseach, or prime minister, by Irish President Mary McAleese at Aras An Uachtarain, the president's residence, in Phoenix Park in Dublin on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The queen's visit is the first to the Republic of Ireland by a British monarch. (AP Photo/Tony Maxwell, Pool)
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Supporters of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, listen to their leaders during a rally Sunday to condemn the United States for the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Lahore, Pakistan. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Newt Gingrich, as a declared Republican candidate for president, is advocating more research to find a cure for Alzeimer's disease. But his spending proposal to save taxpayer's money on medical costs in the long run apparently isn't what his conservative audience wants to hear.
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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, is among GOP leaders insisting on binding changes in the short term to discretionary spending and in the long term to entitlement spending. The federal government hit its debt limit on May 16. (AP Photo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Palestinians in southern Lebanon mourn a man who was killed Sunday when Israeli soldiers opened fire on protesters who approached the Israeli border. Israeli troops clashed with Arab protesters along three hostile borders on Sunday, leaving 15 people dead and dozens wounded.
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Rahm Emanuel and his wife, Amy Rule, acknowledge the crowd Monday before Mr. Emanuel 's swearing in as Chicago's mayor, succeeding Richard M. Daley. (Associated Press)
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Rick Welts, 58, president and CEO of the Phoenix Suns, is the first high-ranking executive in a men's major team sport to publicly disclose his homosexuality.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS The International Criminal Court prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi citing crimes against humanity.
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Young men create their own pointy-toed boots to wear in a dance competition in Matehuala. The boots' popularity spread from Matehuala to nearby cities and then to U.S. cities with many Mexican migrants.
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President Obama stands Monday with graduate Christopher Dean (right) and Principal Alisha Kiner before he delivers the commencement address at the Booker T. Washington High School graduation at Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Faberge Miniatures of the Imperial Coronation Regalia are among numerous works of art that the Russian government has refused to loan to American museums.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Kent Russell, curator at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Mass., displays a poster for a canceled exhibition of Russian icons. The objects, lent by the Andrey Rublev Museum in Moscow, were sent back to Russia.
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In this photo released by ABC, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is interviewed Sunday in ABC's "This Week" in Washington. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Donald Trump waves after addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo)
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A Palestinian gunman holds his weapon as he looks through a window at the funerals of the Palestinian protesters killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire on Sunday at protesters who approached the northern Israeli border with Lebanon, during a funeral procession at Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee (...)
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Palestinian mourners mourn during the funeral procession of the Palestinian protesters who killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire on Sunday at protesters who approached the northen Israeli border with Lebanon, at Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, southern (...)
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Protesters carry a Palestinian boy after he was injured when Israeli soldiers opened fire at protesters who approached the border with Israel during a rally in the southern border village of Maroun el-Rass, Lebanon, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Two Lebanese security officials say four people in Lebanon wer(...)
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Palestinian protesters take cover after Israeli soldiers opened fire at them during a rally marking "nakba," or "catastrophe," the term used by Palestinians to describe the uprooting they suffered at the time of Israel's founding on May 15, 1948, in the southern border village of Maroun el-Rass, Leb(...)
