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Vice President Joseph R. Biden arrives at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, Pa., on Tuesday to attend the funeral of former Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Libyans watch a Sept. 21, 2012, protest in Benghazi, Libya, against Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias hold a demonstration Sept. 21, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya against a film and a cartoon denigrating the Prophet Muhammad. (Associated Press)

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Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered on Monday immediate repairs to the 13th-century Umayyad mosque, a historic mosque in Aleppo. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed holds up a piece of paper during a court recess Oct. 15, 2012, at his Military Commissions pretrial hearing in the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** The Umayyad mosque in Aleppo, Syria, is pictured in 1973. Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, immediate repairs to the historic mosque in a move likely aimed at containing Muslim outrage after fierce fighting between rebels and regime forces set parts of the mosque on fire over the weekend. (AP Photo/Azad)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney kisses his wife, Ann, as he leaves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belmont, Mass. on Oct. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Washington Redskins free safety Madieu Williams (41) returns an interception 24 yards for fourth quarter touchdown in front of Minnesota Vikings tackle Matt Kalil (75) and quarterback Christian Ponder (7) at FedEx Field. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins inside linebacker London Fletcher (59) steps on Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder (7) after he slides in the second quarter as the Washington Redskins play the Minnesota Vikings. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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preston keres/special to the washington times Redskins linebacker Lorenzo Alexander grabs Minnesota quarterback Christian Ponder’s fumble out of the air in the second quarter Sunday. The turnover set up Darrel Young’s 6-yard touchdown catch on the next play.

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Pakistani Christians pray for the recovery of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot Tuesday by a Taliban gunman for speaking out in support of education for women, at the Sacred Heart Cathedral Church in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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A Pakistani boy holds up a picture of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women. The schoolboy and other children are attending a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, to condemn the attack. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)