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** FILE ** Judy Gross, wife of U.S. government contractor Alan Gross, and U.S. lawyer Peter J. Kahn arrive at the courthouse where Mr. Gross is on a trial accused of "acts against the integrity and independence" of Cuba, in Havana on Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
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Anti-Gadhafi protesters leave the Muradagha mosque to demonstrate after Friday prayers in the Tajoura district of eastern Tripoli, Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi fired tear gas at protesters who marched in Tripoli on Friday, calling for the Libyan leader's ouster in defiance of a fierce crackdown by regime supporters that has spread fear in the capital. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Members of Al Shabaab look at bodies of a Ugandan soldier from the African Union peacekeeping troops based in Mogadishu and of Somali government soldier, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia. The two soldiers were killed in fighting that took place in past two days in the Somali capital Mogadishu, between Al Shabaab and Government forces. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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Egyptians try to reach a bus as Tunisia Army soldier tries to stop them at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, wash themselves in a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 4, 2011. Many of the men were angry at their government's inaction in aiding their return to Bangladesh. Further adding to their difficulties, many appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way to the border. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Anti-government protesters shout slogans and hold banners that read in Arabic, "Leave," and wave the Tunisian and their national flags, during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 4, 2011. Soldiers opened fire at anti-government protesters Friday in northern Yemen, killing and wounding a number people as demonstrations against longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh again turned deadly. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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A foreigner carries his suitcase on the Libyan side of the Ras Adjir border before crossing into Tunisia Thursday, March 3, 2011. About 12,000 people have been crossing the Libyan-Tunisian border daily this week, and in total between 20,000 and 30,000 migrants were now in Ras Adjir, according to the Tunisian Red Crescent. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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President Obama extends a hand to his Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderon, at their joint news conference Thursday at the White House. Their remarks touched on issues of immigration, drug violence and fallout over the recent slaying of a U.S. customs agent in Mexico. (Associated Press)
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (left), during a news conference Thursday in Atlanta, says he is launching a website to explore a 2012 run for president as the Republican nominee. He was considered the nemesis of Democrats for much of his time in the House. (Associated Press)
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FLEEING FIGHTING: Egyptians who worked in Libya and are trying to get away from the emerging civil war there jam their belongings into a bus Thursday as they leave the country at the border near Ras Ajdir, Tunisia. (Associated Press)
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (left), during a news conference Thursday in Atlanta, says he is launching a website to explore a 2012 run for president as the Republican nominee. He was considered the nemesis of Democrats for much of his time in the House. (Associated Press)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (center), accompanied Thursday by budget chief Jack Lew and White House Chief of Staff William Daley, arrives on Capitol Hill to discuss the federal budget with Hill leaders. “We had a good meeting, and the conversation will continue,” Mr. Biden said afterward. (Associated Press)
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A man drinks coffee outside of the state Capitol on Thursday in Madison, Wis., as campers wake up after spending the night. Demonstrators are in their 16th day of protests. (Associated Press)
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Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi (center) is welcomed Feb. 24 as the new leader of India's Darul Uloom Islamic seminary. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** This undated file photo, provided Nov. 17, 2010 by Goodman Media International Inc., shows Donald Berwick, installed last year by President Barack Obama as a recess appointment, bypassing the Senate. Unable to repeal Obama's health care law, 42 Republican senators asked Obama in a letter released on Thursday, March 3, 2011, to withdraw his nomination of Berwick as Medicare administrator. (AP Photo/Goodman Media International, Inc., File
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Female supporters of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh hold pigeons painted with the colors of their national flag during a rally in support of Mr. Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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A U.S. soldier from the 2nd Infantry Division wears a gas mask and anti-chemical gear during a joint U.S.-South Korea military drill for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection and response capabilities at Camp Casey in Dongducheon, South Korea, north of Seoul, on Thursday, March 3, 2011. Troops from the two allies kicked off their annual drills Monday, while North Korea slammed the maneuvers as a rehearsal for an invasion of the North that could trigger a nuclear war on the divided peninsula. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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International Criminal Court Prosecutor Louis Moreno-Ocampo presents an overview of alleged crimes committed in Libya since Feb. 15 during a press conference at the ICC in The Hague on Thursday, March 3, 2011. Mr. Moreno-Ocampo said he will investigate Col. Moammar Gadhafi and his inner circle, including some of his sons, for possible crimes against humanity in the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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** FILE ** In this Sunday, Feb.13, 2011, file photo Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq talks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's military rulers say on Thursday, March 3, 2011, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has resigned. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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A Pakistani man examines the blood-stained car of Shahbaz Bhatti, minister for minorities affairs and the only Christian in the Cabinet, on Wednesday in Islamabad. Mr. Bhatti was fatally shot in the car near his mother's house. (Associated Press)
