Religion_Belief

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Michelangelo Payne offers cookies to Carlos Manuel Lopez, 3, as he makes his rounds cleaning up and organizing things at Mount Gilead Baptist Church. The mission's current programs serve homeless men; underprivileged women, children and seniors; veterans and the growing needs of the city's Hispanic community. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Occupy Boston protesters gather Oct. 5, 2011, outside a building in the Financial district in Boston as law enforcement officials look on at left. (Associated Press)

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A protester gestures to Egyptian riot police during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 23, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Humorist Mark Twain observed, "No man's life, liberty or property is safe while Congress is in session."

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Humorist Mark Twain observed, "No man's life, liberty or property is safe while Congress is in session."

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Protesters demonstrate during clashes with Egyptian riot police near Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square on Tuesday. Concessions by the ruling military on turning over power to a civilian government were immediately rejected by protesters, who threatening a "second revolution." (Associated Press)

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This image provided by the Libyan Youth Movement that was taken Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, purports to show Seif al-Islam Gadhafi surrounded by revolutionary fighters following his capture near the Niger border with Libya. (AP Photo/Libyan Youth Movement)

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, front left, speaks with Mehmet Gormez, head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate, after a meeting with African Muslim religious leaders in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 21. 2011. (AP Photo)

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People from the Pakistani Christian community in Karachi, Pakistan, attend a Sunday service at the new St. Peter's church. The domed, three-story building towers over the sprawling slum it serves and is the largest yet in the violent, Muslim country. (Associated Press)

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Members of the Pakistani Christian community attend a Sunday service at their new St. Peter's church in Karachi. The domed, three-story building towers over the sprawling slum it serves and is the largest yet in the violent, Muslim country. (Associated Press)

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Protesters confront police in a vehicle spraying water during a protest Friday in Santiago demanding education reform.

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Protesters move away from tear gas fired by Egyptian riot police during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 21, 2011. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Protesters throw stones at Egyptian riot police in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 21, 2011. Police are clashing for a third day in Cairo's central Tahrir Square with stone-throwing protesters demanding the country's military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. (Associated Press)

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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder (7) runs from Oakland Raiders defensive end Lamarr Houston (99) and linebacker Kamerion Wimbley (96) during the first half Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Egyptian riot police advance during clashes Sunday with protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square. They battled for a second day with thousands of demonstrators demanding that a date be set for the handover of power from the military to a civilian government. (Associated Press)

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Protesters clash with Egyptian riot police in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police on Sunday clashed for a second day with thousands of rock-throwing protesters. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)

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A female protester gestures as she argues with Egyptian riot police officers in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Egyptian riot police beat protesters and dismantled a small tent city set up to commemorate revolutionary martyrs in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)