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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, left, is congratulated by senior lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa as Mr. Kan was re-elected as president of the Democratic Party of Japan during their party convention in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Kashmiri protesters shout slogans as they burn effigies of India's prime minister and the Jammu and Kashmir state chief minister in Srinagar, India, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, second right, joined by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center during bilateral talks at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Egypt Tuesday Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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This photo taken on May 20, 2010, shows Sarah Shourd at a hotel in Tehran. On Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, Iran's English-language state television reported that she has been released after more than a year in prison. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)
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Palestinian workers are silhouetted at a new housing development in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, near Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's vague remarks on restricting new Israeli housing in the West Bank are the latest hurdle for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she mediates the second round peace talks in Egypt. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Rep. Michael N. Castle, who has held elective office in Delaware since the mid-1980s, finds himself unexpectedly behind "tea party" favorite Christine O'Donnell in the Republican primary for the Senate. (AP Photo)
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Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell addresses supporters during a Tea Party Express news conference in support of her election bid in Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
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New Hampshire Republican Senate hopeful Ovide Lamontagne has received the endorsement of Sen. Jim DeMint. (AP Photo)
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Associated Press Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said Monday that he won't countenance any income-tax increases next year.
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START POINT MAN: Sen. Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican, is ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee. (Associated Press)
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In this book cover image released by Random House Children's Books, "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters," by Barack Obama, is shown. (AP Photo/Random House Children's Books)
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Kashmiri protesters beat an effigy of President Obama after burning it in Srinagar, India. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations prompted in part by a report of the Koran being desecrated in the United States. (Associated Press)
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Kashmiri mourners surround the body of slain protester Nisar Ahmad Kuchay during his funeral on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on Monday. Ongoing anti-India protests in the Muslim-majority region merged with outrage over a reported Koran desecration in the U.S. to spark violence. (Associated Press)
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Marines serving in the Mexican navy restrain alleged drug kingpin Sergio Villarreal Barragan, alias "El Grande," in Puebla, Mexico. Marines captured the suspect, a presumed leader of the embattled Beltran Leyva cartel who appears on a list of the country's most-wanted fugitives, in a raid Sunday, the government said. (Mexican Navy via Associated Press)
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Shacks made of wood scraps and corrugated zinc dominate a slum of Caracas, Venezuela, but the government says it has halved the country's poverty rate. (Associated Press)
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Former President Bill Clinton (center) speaks to supporters at a rally for Dan Onorato (left), Democratic candidate in the primary elections for Pennsylvania governor, on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in Philadelphia. At right is Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)
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A policeman patrols as flames rise from a government building set on fire by protesters in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Key separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, seated center atop car, and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik, seated front left, gesture to the crowd during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. In an attempt to forge unity among separatists in Jammu and Kashmir, Malik and Farooq offered Friday prayers together, the first time the leaders have shared public space since September 2003 when the then Hurriyat Conference split, according to a news agency. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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Kashmiri Muslim crowd rooftops and balconies as they participate in a protest rally after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Masked Kashmiri protesters display the victory sign during a protest rally after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said. Scarf reads "Allah is great," top, and "There is no God but Allah and Prophet Mohammad is his messenger," bottom. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
