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An Iraqi army soldier attempts to prevent photographers from taking pictures while protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. In at least four morning demonstrations across Baghdad, protesters painted a picture of their homeland that they said has fewer services and more corruption than in Egypt. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Iraqi army soldiers stand guard while protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. In at least four morning demonstrations across Baghdad, protesters painted a picture of their homeland that they said has fewer services and more corruption than in Egypt. The banners in Arabic read, "From Cairo to Baghdad, no for corruption" and "Maliki, like Saddam he do not care about orphans." (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. In at least four morning demonstrations across Baghdad, protesters painted a picture of their homeland that they said has fewer services and more corruption than in Egypt. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Anti-government protesters demonstrate after traditional Muslim Friday prayers at the continuing demonstration in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Iraqi army soldiers stand guard while protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a rally marking the 32nd anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution in Azadi (Freedom) Street in Tehran Friday. Feb. 11, 2011. The president said Egypt's popular uprising shows a new Islamic Middle East is emerging, with no signs of Israel and U.S. "interference." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Salva Kiir Mayardit, president of Southern Sudan, outlines a multipoint plan for development in southern Sudan in the lead up to and after independence in Juba on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, on his return from Khartoum where he attended the formal announcement of southern Sudan's referendum results. Southerners cast ballots for independence by margin of nearly 99 percent. The results signify that southern Sudan is set to become the world's newest country in July 2011. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)
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Col. William J. Donovan, of Buffalo and New York, whose nomination for Governor of the New York on the republican ticket seems certain at the party?s state convention which opened in Buffalo on October 3, shown with Mrs. Donovan at the home of Mrs. Donovan?s mother, Mrs. D.P. Rumsey in Buffalo, New York on Oct. 3, 1932. (AP Photo)
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Anti-government protesters make traditional Muslim Friday prayers at the continuing demonstration in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Anti-government protesters watch on a big screen as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak makes a televised statement to his nation in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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'GET OUT': Anti-government protesters scream with rage in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak makes a televised speech to the nation on Thursday. The president did not step down as the protesters had hoped he would. (Associated Press)
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Anti-government protesters take off their shoes and hold them in the air, symbolically saying "Take a walk," in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Thursday as they react to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's televised statement to the nation. (Associated Press)
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NOT GOING: Mr. Mubarak's decision to give power to the vice president was not enough for the thousands of demonstrators. (Associated Press)
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Donald Trump waves after addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington in February 2011. (AP Photo)
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SEEKING BALANCE: Sen. Jim DeMint wants to attach a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution on the debt limit. (Associated Press)
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SEEKING BALANCE: Sen. Jim DeMint wants to attach a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution on the debt limit. (Associated Press)
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Patrick Mara, former executive director of the D.C. Republican Party, said, "The average voter is someone who voted for Hillary Clinton for president. You need to know how to effectively communicate with them. That's an extremely rare animal to find." (Associated Press/File)
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Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, set off a flurry of speculation about his successor after he announced that he would not seek another Senate term next year. (Associated Press)
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Valentine's Day cards from the Republican National Committee feature Democratic luminaries, such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and piquant greetings for the politically inclined. (Republican National Committee)
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Lawyers wearing masks reading "Forbidden of Expression" protest with judges in front of the Justice Palace in Nice, France, on Thursday during a national protest by judges and lawyers against criticism by French President Nicolas Sarkozy of the legal system. (Associated Press)
