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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES China's state television recorded North Korea demolishing its Yongbyon nuclear cooling tower on June 27, 2008. North Korea Wednesday began banning U.N. nuclear inspectors from its main plutonium reprocessing plant. **FILE**
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** FILE ** Jerry Falwell Jr., chancellor of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., says college students there are more likely to vote in the presidential election if they register in Virginia. (Associated Press)
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A campaign kerchief for Zachary Taylor freely used the flag.
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** FILE ** Sen. Ted Stevens (right), Alaska Republican, followed by his lawyer Brendan Sullivan, arrives at federal court in Washington on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, on the first day of his trial on corruption charges.
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Pat Buchanan, portrayed as anti-Israel, is being used by both Democrats and Republicans to try to win the Jewish vote in the presidential election. (Getty Images)
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A cache (not pictured) of more than 170 unexploded practice bombs dating back to World War II has been found under a playground in the English town of Wooler in the U.K. In this photo, bombs and debris found by the Army Corps of Engineers at Odyssey Middle School are piled on the track at the school in Orlando, Fla. The school sits atop a World War II bombing range. (Associated Press)
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This screen shot from Gawker.com shows a personal e-mail account of Republican vice-presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin, captured by a hacker who posted the material. (Associated Press)
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The American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State claim the Central Mission requires the homeless to participate in Christian religious activity.
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**FILE** Steve Forbes, chairman and CEO and editor in chief of Forbes, talks to reporters after addressing the Ad Week Washington conference in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17, 2008. (The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Then-Sen. Barack Obama speaks at a presidential rally in Lancaster, Pa., on Sept. 4. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Pakistani human rights activists demonstrate outside Parliament in Islamabad in 2008. The brutality of recent "honor killings" and the police response sparked outrage in Pakistan. (Associated Press)
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"La Traviata" is no stranger to the Washington area opera scene, and will return this weekend to George Mason University's Center for the Arts.
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Third-party leaders (from left) Rep. Ron Paul of the Republican Party, Cynthia McKinney of the Green Party, Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party and Ralph Nader of the Green Party appear Wednesday at the National Press Club. (Associated Press)
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The Pentagon is shown after terrorists crashed an American Airlines Boeing 757 into the building on Sept. 11, 2001. (The Washington Times)
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Journalist Bob Woodward
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** FILE ** Rep. Nancy Pelosi's views on abortion have brought criticism from the Catholic Church. (The Washington Times)
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The upcoming 2016 presidential race is predicted to be a $4.4 billion election. (Mary F. Calvert / The Washington Times)
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Late-night talk-show host David Letterman is seen as an "agent of influence" in Saudi Arabia, according to one of the diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks.
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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON The Continental Congress included among American grievances that King George III (in coronation robes) hired mercenaries.