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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney receives a warm welcome before Friday's dinner sponsored by Americans for Prosperity in Manchester, N.H., one of several weekend meet-and-greets in the state with the first presidential primary.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit Mayor Dave Bing saw his city lose 25 percent of its resident since the last census. Mr. Bing's spokesman said Detroit is open to New York's mayor's suggestion that the federal government allow illegal immigrants to move to the Motor City.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama finishes introducing a reshuffled national security team on Thursday. From left are: U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan-designate Ryan C. Crocker; top commander-designate for U.S. forces in Afghanistan Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Allen; CIA Director-nominee Gen. David H. Petraeus; Defense Secretary-nominee Leon E. Panetta; outgoing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates; the president; Vice President Joseph R. Biden; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and National Security Adviser Thomas E. Donilon.
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Activist Anna Hazare, 73, stages a hunger strike against corruption in New Delhi. He has called for a panel to investigate corruption.
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Pending Senate confirmation, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta is expected to take the helm at the Pentagon by July. (AP Photo)
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert has taken an early fundraising lead among Republican candidates vying for a Senate seat in 2012. Mr. Leppert made a $1.6 million personal loan to boost his own campaign.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Maryland first lady Katie O'Malley (right), Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (second from right) and U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland (third from right) attend the funeral of William Donald Schaefer, former Baltimore mayor, Maryland governor and comptroller, at Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Baltimore, on Wednesday. Mr. Schaefre died April 18 at age 89.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Dean Heller, a House member since 2007, was chosen because "Nevada needs an experienced voice in Washington," Gov. Brian Sandoval said.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Azzam al-Ahmed, the chief Fatah negotiator in the reconciliation talks (left), sits next to Hamas leaders Moussa Abu Marzoug (center) and Mahmoud Al Zahar (right) in Cairo. Palestinians have reached initial agreement on reuniting their governments in the West Bank and Gaza, a step that, officials say, would remove an obstacle in the way of peace efforts with Israel.
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Associated Press photographs Ugandans march in Kampala in an April 21 demonstration sparked by the arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye.
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Three-time Ugandan presidential candidate Kizza Besigye leaves Chief Magistrates Court in Nakasongola, Uganda, on Wednesday upon being granted bail.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday that he wants to build a major waterway to take tanker traffic out of the congested Bosporus, which bisects metropolitan Istanbul.
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associated press Katherine Miller, a lesbian, left the U.S. Military Academy after two years because of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. She reapplied this year but was rejected because repeal of the ban is not yet in effect.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Ann Kirkpatrick campaigned successfully for Congress in 2008, but lost in the Republican tide last year. She plans to seek a rematch to take back the seat from Rep. Paul A. Gosar.
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Robert Gordon (center), co-owner of the Red Velvet Cupcakery, chats Tuesday with interim D.C. Council member Sekou Biddle. Mr. Biddle was vying against several rivals Tuesday in a special election for a full term. (Nicholas Gingold/Special to The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus defends real estate mogul Donald Trump as a possible GOP presidential candidate who should be allowed to speak his mind about any issue, even the “birther” one.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS On the 25th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, Vera Toptunova mourns at the Moscow grave of her son Leonid, a senior control engineer at Reactor No.4 when it exploded April 26, 1986. "It's of utmost importance that we understand what kind of force humankind is dealing with so that our solutions meet the challenges of nuclear energy," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Chef Guy Fieri, the host of several food and reality TV shows, discusses a California Senate resolution he supports that calls on parents to take time to cook with their children. State legislators stand behind him during his visit to the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday. The resolution passed the state Senate by a 39-0 vote and awaits action in the state assembly.
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Terry McAuliffe says he doesn't think much about running again for Virginia governor, but his travels across the state suggest otherwise. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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STUMPING?: Once and perhaps future Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe chats with Edna Frady at a Falls Church City Democratic Committee fundraising dinner earlier this month. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
