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From left, Sara Wright of Washington, D.C., 7-year-old Carson Stadler of Arlington and Carson's mom Kiersten dance along with 18-month-old Karim Bajauri, of Washington, D.C., at the Dance in the Circle, a dance festival for all ages, on Sunday, May 13, 2012 in Dupont Circle. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Girls from Dance Dimensions in Forestville, Md. dance on stage at Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. as part of Dance in the Circle, a dance festival for all ages that took place Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Members of modern dance company Dancethos, including Jenny Flemingloss, right, perform "Dog Days," a dance about the life of a dog, during Dance in the Circle. The event was organized by Circle Productions, who also organized a snowball fight in the circle and World Cup in the circle, both in 2010. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Anna Maria Chavez, chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of the USA, joins members of Girl Scout Troop 1774, from left, Megan Zimmerman, 17, Molly Gulden, 15, Jessica Krehbiel, 16, Shelby Johnstone, 15, and Lauren McCabe, 16, all of Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix. Long a lightning rod for conservative criticism, the Girl Scouts of the USA are now facing their highest-level challenge yet: an official inquiry by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Norbert Roettgen, a candidate of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party, wave during a campaign rally in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, ahead of elections in the populous German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Demonstrators play drums as they march in a protest to mark the anniversary of the beginning of the "Indignados" movement in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 12, 2012. Spanish activists angered by grim economic prospects planned nationwide demonstrations Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of their protest movement that inspired similar groups in other countries. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A young Russian woman with a white ribbon — a symbol of protest — speaks on her phone May 10, 2012, as she attends a group of protesters gathering at the Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, where they vowed to continue their roving protest in Moscow. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to father Marcial Maciel, founder of Christ's Legionaries, on Nov. 30, 2004, at the Vatican. (Associated Press)

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Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin disputes any pundit or press claims that the tea party movement is dead or irrelevant. (Image from Jenny Beth Martin)

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An employee restocks a machine with lead at the Faber-Castell pencil factory in Stein, Germany. Treating workers well has paid dividends for the company, the firm's owner said. (Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times)

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First-year apprentices Leonie Burgmaier (left) and Lisa Beckhold work at Deutsche WorkStation, a firm in Dresden, Germany, that produces custom interiors for yachts, offices and hotels. The firm recruits craftsmen out of apprenticeship programs. It has 25 apprentices on its total staff of 250. (Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times)

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Faber-Castell employee Jeane Pufala takes pencils out of a hanger after they've dried at the pencil factory in Stein, near Nuremberg in Germany. Faber-Castell is one of the world's largest manufacturers of pens, pencils, and other office supplies and art supplies. (Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times)

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A Syrian street vendor sits outside Damascus Castle in the old section of Damascus, Syria. Historic mosques, churches and markets have been smashed by shelling and looters have stolen artifacts from excavations and museums.