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Kashmiri Muslim protesters throw stones at India's Rapid Action Force soldiers during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Indian security personnel beat Kashmiri Muslim protesters while detaining them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Indian security personnel beat detained Kashmiri Muslim protesters in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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A Kashmiri boy who bleeds after being beaten by Indian security forces is taken away during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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A Kashmiri boy who bleeds after being beaten by Indian security forces is taken away during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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** FILE ** James J. Kilpatrick, the then-editor of the Richmond News Leader, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in 1965. Mr. Kilpatrick's wife says the widely syndicated political columnist has died at age 89. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)
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President Obama waves from the top of the steps of Air Force One at Maryland's Andrews Air Force Base on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, before departing for Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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In this June 22. 2010, file photo, Defense Secretary Robert Gates looks on as President Obama speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Mr. Gates says he plans to leave his job next year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Pakistani villagers chase relief supplies dropped by an army helicopter at a flooded area of Jampur, in central Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Pakistan's worst floods in recorded history began more than two weeks ago in the mountainous northwest and have spread throughout the country. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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Pakistani villagers approach to pick up food packets dropped by an army helicopter at a flooded area of Jampur, in central Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Pakistan's worst floods in recorded history began more than two weeks ago in the mountainous northwest and have spread throughout the country. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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D.C. Council member Jim Graham, Ward 1 Democrat, is an advocate for the "ban the box" movement. (The Washington Times)
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In September 2009, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade gave a $200,000 farewell gift to an International Monetary Fund representative, "in recognition to his contribution to Senegal." (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION: Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, wants a new policy for illegals involved in DUI cases.
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Afghans gather at the scene of an attack on a presidential adviser in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Aug. 2. CIA Director Leon Panetta said fewer than 100 al Qaeda operatives remain in Afghanistan, a number officials hope will restore American optimism in the ongoing war. (Associated Press)
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David Walker, an Arizona rancher, stands at a wall on the border with Mexico at a ranch in Hereford, Ariz., on Sunday. Mr. Walker was attending a rally in support of Arizona's immigration law. (Associated Press)
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As a member of the sovereign-citizens movement, James McBride contends the U.S. government has not had authority over citizens for more than a century. (Associated Press)
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GOP Senate candidate Dino Rossi most likely will face Democratic Sen. Patty Murray in the fall elections. (AP Photo)
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Democratic Sen. Patty Murray is likely to face GOP favorite Dino Rossi in Washington's election for the Senate seat. In recent polls, Mr. Rossi trails Mrs. Murray by about 4 percentage points. (AP Photo)
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The Israeli army removed the wall because of a reduced security threat and increased coordination with the Palestinian security forces, officials said. (Associated Press)
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Patriarch Bartholomew I (center), the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, conducts a service at the Sumela Monastery in Trabzon, northeastern Turkey, on Sunday. Orthodox Christians held a rare service at an ancient monastery in Turkey after the government allowed worship there once a year in a gradual loosening of restrictions on religious expression. (Associated Press)
