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A Kashmiri Jannat Begum, 67, injured by a bullet, is carried on a stretcher inside a hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Begum was reportedly hit by a bullet in her leg inside her home during a clash between protestors and Indian policemen in Trehgam, some 110 Kilometers (70 miles) north of Srinagar. Government forces fired at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing a teenage student and injuring a few others, police said. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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FILE - In a Tuesday, May 18, 2010 photo, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lautenberg will hold a fundraiser at the pop singer's Monster Ball Tour at the Verizon Center in Washington on Sept 7, according to The Washington Post. The Washington Post reports the 86-year-old New Jersey Democrat is offering seats in a private suite for $2,500 a person for political action committees and $2,400 for individuals. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)
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** FILE ** Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is shown in this June 24, 2010, file photo. (AP Photo/Louie Traub)
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**FILE** In this photo from Nov. 30, 2009, released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, the reactor building of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is seen just outside the port city of Bushehr, 750 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), the reactor building of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is seen, just outside the port city of Bushehr 750 miles (1245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, in this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo. Russia's nuclear agency spokesman Sergei Novikov said Friday Aug. 13, 2010 it will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week, marking the start of its launch. (AP Photo/ISNA, Mehdi Ghasemi) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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PROVIDED BY THE 2012 TAMPA BAY HOST COMMITTEE An apparent minaret in the logo of the 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee for the Republican National Committee is part of a famous 1891 hotel.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, speaks to reporters off the Senate floor Thursday. He said he hopes a $600 million border-security measure approved Thursday clears the way for consideration of comprehensive immigration-reform legislation.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Joined by his daughter Alicia, and singer Chuck Jackson, Rep. Charles B. Rangel blows out candles on a cake during his birthday fundraiser on Wednesday. Mr. Rangel said he was eager to turn his attention to campaigning and let his ethics charges play out.
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ORLANDO SENTINEL Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum discusses the campaign while meeting with the Orlando Sentinel editorial board on Wednesday.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Karen Moran of West Palm Beach, a member of the "tea party," tries to prohibit Everett Wilkinson, chairman of the South Florida Tea Party, from heckling GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott on Thursday in West Palm Beach.
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Illustration: Christopher Hitchens by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Nationals' Josh Willingham (16) has a few words for the umpire on a strike call as Arizona Diamondbacks' Miguel Montero waits for the next pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks defeated the Nationals 6-1.
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** FILE ** Karen National Army soldiers stand in formation during Revolution Day ceremonies in Burma in January 2006. The ethnic tribesmen, a minority in Burma, fought against the Japanese in World War II, but were never given their own state as the British had promised.
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, right, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, inspect the guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing , China, Wednesday, Oct.15, 2008. Zardari was to meet the leader of China in Beijing on Wednesday, as he reaches out to a close ally for increased investment to aid his country's ailing economy. A possible deal between the countries on civil nuclear power is also highly anticipated. Such an agreement would serve as a counterpoint to a recent deal between India and the United States that cleared the way for American businesses to sell nuclear fuel and technology to India for use in its civilian programs.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)
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Vice President Dick Cheney, center, applauds as President Bush, right, speaks before signing the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act during ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Standing behind them on stage are, from left to right, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Ronen Sen. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee exchange documents after signing the U.S.-India Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, during a ceremony at the State Department, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee clasp hands after signing the U.S.-India Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy during a ceremony at the State Department, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, speaks to reporters on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, after the Senate passed a $600 million bill to pay for more law enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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A clergyman of the St. Nicolas Cathedral holds list of submarine disaster victims in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Russian navy ships are flying flags at half-mast and memorial ceremonies are being held across the nation to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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People light candles at St. Nicolas Cathedral, place, where the list of submarine disaster is displayed, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Russian navy ships are flying flags at half-mast and memorial ceremonies are being held across the nation to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
