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A car is set on fire as protesters clash with police in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, as violence broke out during a demonstration, part of worldwide protests against corporate greed and austerity measures. The "Occupy Wall Street" protests, that began in Canada and spread to cities across the U.S., moved Saturday to Asia and Europe, linking up with anti-austerity demonstrations that have raged across the debt-ridden continent for months. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks at a GOP forum in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Backers are saying he failed to reach out to evangelical Christians and has done a poor job on using surrogates. (Associated Press)

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The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (left) meets with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe at the State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Monday to deliver a report detailing incidents of intimidation at Anglican churches. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian Christians protest outside St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo against the country's military ruling council on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Boston Police officers arrest protesters on Tuesday in a section of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Parkway adjacent to Dewey Square in Boston. (Boston Herald via Associated Press)

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Egyptian Coptic Christians vent their anger in front of the state television building in Cairo after the recent attacks on Christians and churches. In the past few weeks, riots have broken out at two churches in southern Egypt, prompted by Muslim crowds angered by rumors that Christians were building new churches. The violence is particularly frustrating for Copts because after President Hosni Mubarak's fall, the new government promised to review and lift heavy restrictions on building or renovating churches. (Associated Press)

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Riot police stand guard outside the Greek parliament, seen through a Greek flag held by a protester, during a civil-servant protest in Athens on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Egyptian Coptic demonstrators carry Christian crosses and an Egyptian flag during a Copts demonstration that developed into clashes with army soldiers in Cairo on Oct. 9, 2011. (Associated Press)

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An Egyptian relative of one of the Copts killed during clashes with the Egyptian army late Sunday holds a cross (left) as others chant angry slogans during a gathering outside a morgue. (Associated Press)

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Mourners carry the coffin of victims of clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo on Monday. (Associated Press)

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Jacob Griesmer of Mosinee, Wisc., organizes his things inside his tent during a protest affiliated with the "Occupy D.C." movement at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., Monday, October 10, 2011. Mr. Griesmer made the trip from Wisconsin to join the protest. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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One of the protest organizers, pediatrician Margaret Flowers, M.D., of Baltimore, Md, (in green) talks with police officials about the outcome of the protest, during a protest affiliated with the "Occupy D.C." movement at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., Monday, October 10, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Protesters talk with a Knights of Columbus member following a Columbus Day celebration and wreath presentation at Union Station in Washington on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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With the Washington Monument behind them, protesters, calling for the end of the Federal Reserve, march Oct. 9, 2011, to the Federal Reserve in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Herman Cain, who spoke at the Values Voter Summit, dodged the issue of Mitt Romney's religion: "I am not running for theologian in chief." (Associated Press)

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Protesters shout slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime after prayers in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday, Oct, 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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CASH TO BURN: Occupy D.C. protesters call for an end to the Federal Reserve in front of the financial institution on Sunday as one protester burns a dollar bill. (Associated Press)

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Clashes erupt Sunday at a protest of a recent attack on a church in Cairo. After midnight, mobs roamed downtown streets, attacking cars they suspected had Christian passengers. In many areas, there was no visible police or army presence to confront or stop them. (Associated Press)

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Anti-Syrian regime protesters of Islamic group supporters shout slogans and hold Arabic placards, the foreground one read:"We swear, we will not let you down," as they protest after the Friday prayer to show their support to the Syrian and Yemeni protesters who demonstrate against their regimes, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

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Protesters form a huge human number "99" to symbolize the 99% of americans they are representing in a large protest against corporate greed at Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)