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Tim Kaine autographs campaign signs at his campaign kickoff in Richmond on Wednesday. The former governor says the state can teach the federal government a thing or two about economic prosperity, fiscal responsibility and a tradition of balance and civility. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, seen here conferring with President Obama in New York in September, are to meet again in Washington to complete a side agreement on labor issues to a free-trade pact. (Associated Press)

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Artist and government critic Ai Weiwei was barred from boarding a plane and taken into custody on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Grave diggers show a human skull at Monkey William Mine in Zimbabwe. Hundreds of skeletons found inside one of the mine shafts have added a macabre element to the election for president. (Associated Press)

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A human leg sticks out from a heap of other body parts at Monkey William Mine, about 110 miles from Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. "This is the extent of atrocities committed by the (Ian) Smith regime. They loot our resources and they close up the mine with our bodies," said Saviour Kasukuwere, the government minister of black empowerment. (Associated Press)

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A body is brought to the surface at the mine. Supporters of President Robert Mugabe claim the bodies discovered are victims of the country's former colonial rulers when the country was known as Rhodesia, but the condition of the corpses has led others to conclude the deaths occurred more recently. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates talks with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah as Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubair (center) translates on Wednesday at the king's Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The largely Sunni Muslim nation is a U.S. ally. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (center) talks with his press secretary, Geoff Morrell, on the airport apron before departing from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Mr. Gates earlier met with King Abdullah. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool)

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FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, a man, center, is detained by police officers near the planned protest site located in Shanghai, China. Anonymous calls online for pro-democracy protests in China have prompted the Chinese government to launch a sweeping campaign of repression to keep the "Jasmine Revolution" from reaching the country. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, Chinese police officers ask a journalist, lower right, to leave from an area designated online as a protest site in Beijing, China. Anonymous calls online for pro-democracy protests in China have prompted the Chinese government to launch a sweeping campaign of repression to keep the "Jasmine Revolution" from reaching the country. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, April 5, 2011, a man who goes by the pseudonym "Hua Ge", one of the organizers of "Jasmine" protests in China, works on his website, in New York. "Hua Ge" is a member of one group spreading anonymous calls online for pro-democracy protests in China that have prompted the Chinese government to launch a sweeping campaign of repression to keep the "Jasmine Revolution" from reaching the country. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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** FILE ** Former Rep. Curt Weldon, Pennsylvania Republican (AP Photo/ Philadelphia Inquirer, Ed Hille, File)

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser, a Republican, speaks to supporters at the Seven Seas Restaurant in Waukesha, Wis., on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. As of Wednesday morning, Justice Prosser was trailing his opponent, state Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg, who is a Democrat, by 224 votes in Tuesday's balloting. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)

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Clerics attend a gathering to condemn the crackdown on the Bahraini opposition, in a seminary in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iran, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Iranian clerics have denounced Iran's regional rival Saudi Arabia for putting down anti-government protests in the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Sadegh Zabbah)

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Rep. Paul D. Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, touts his 2012 federal budget during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (left) talks with the Saudi Arabian assistant minister of defense and aviation, Prince Khalid bin Sultan, during a ceremony after Mr. Gates' arrival in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Mr. Gates arrived in the Saudi capital Wednesday for talks with King Abdullah on coping with the political upheaval sweeping the Arab world. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool)

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South Korean environmentalists hold umbrellas beside jets of water during a rally demanding South Korean government to stop expanding nuclear power plants in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Fears over possible radiation contamination are growing in South Korea, the country closest to Japan, after Japanese nuclear power plants were damaged by earthquakes last month.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)