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A plainclothes Israeli police officer detains a Palestinian protester at the Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. "We hope calm and quiet will quickly return, but nobody should be mistaken. We are determined to defend our borders and sovereignty," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Palestinians take cover on Sunday after Israeli soldiers open fire at them during a yearly protest of the uprooting they suffered at the time of Israel's founding on May 15, 1948.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS HEATING UP: A Palestinian takes a stand during clashes with Israeli troops. Demonstrators were marking the 63rd anniversary of Israel's founding in 1948, what they call "al-Naqbah," or "the Catastrophe."
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Israeli troops take positions along the border fence between Israel and Syria after Syrian demonstrators approached the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. Israel captured the Golan from Syria in the 1967 war, and Syria demands the area back as part of any peace deal.
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Now that he is running for the U.S. Senate, former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, a Democrat, is facing questions about his decision last year to send a double-murderer to his native Germany. The order was rescinded by his GOP successor. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was seen as the strongest potential challenger to French President Nicolas Sarkozy until his arrest Saturday.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Egyptian Coptic Christians chant angry slogans in front of the state television building in Cairo on Sunday as they protest recent attacks on Christians and churches. An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence officials said Sunday.
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Washington guard Maurice Evans, vice president of the players association, says he's encouraged by the ongoing discussions between the owners and the players.
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CBS NEWS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican Speaker of the House John A. Boehner answers questions about solving fiscal problems during a prerecorded Sunday interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" with host Harry Smith. Mr. Boehner said everything should be on the table except raising taxes because that would hurt the economy and the ability to create jobs at home.
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U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, thinks he has good credentials to become president because "time has come around to the point where the people are agreeing with much of what I've been saying for 30 years." (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Scott P. Brown has been stung by a gaffe involving photos that he mistakenly said showed Osama bin Laden's body and rocked by a $1 million ad blitz attacking his environmental record. "There are some cracks showing now," said John Walsh, Massachusetts Democratic Party chairman.
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Former French socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal answers reporters' questions on the arrest of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as she leaves the Europe1 radio station in Paris on Sunday, May 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, arrives for a press conference at the U.S. Cmbassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. Mr. Kerry said the U.S. relationship with Pakistan is at a "critical moment" because of the killing of Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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** FILE ** In this March 28, 2011, file photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 3, 2010, file photo Rep.-elect Joe Heck, R-Nev., greets supporters at an election night party after winning the U.S. congressional race in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)
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** FILE ** In this May 3, 2011, file photo, CIA Director Leon Panetta, right, leaves after briefing members of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Some members of Congress are making appointments at CIA headquarters to view graphic photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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** FILE ** President Barack Obama speaks at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Lorraine A. Green, chairman of Mayor Vincent C. Gray's campaign and head of his transition team, testifies at a hearing at the Wilson Building in Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 13, 2011 to discuss the hiring practices within the Gray administration. Next to Ms. Green is her attorney, Thomas C. Green. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, is seen here Feb. 19, 2003, at the Free University Berlin. (Associated Press)
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In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the Associated Press, Syrian anti-government protesters carry banners in Arabic that read: "Freedom means to stop the killing and arrests," during a rally Frida in the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria. (Associated Press)
