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PRAYERS: Members of the hard-line group Islam Defenders Front gather by portraits of Osama bin Laden and President Obama in Jakarta, Indonesia, during prayers Wednesday for the al Qaeda leader killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet Thursday with Sept. 11 families in New York. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS With their church building destroyed by last week's tornado, members of Alberta Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, Ala., gathered Sunday morning in the parking lot for a brief service before going out to help their neighbors. Many in this highly religious region saw God at work, even amid the devastation.
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Protesters chant anti-U.S. slogans May 1 in front of the Gadhafi family compound in a residential area of Tripoli, Libya. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Cardinals kiss the casket of Pope John Paul II at the end of a solemn celebration Sunday in St. Peter's Square. The beatification of the late pontiff by Pope Benedict XVI is the fastest in modern times.
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A tapestry bearing a 1995 picture of John Paul II is displayed during the Mass, which was watched by Catholics around the world.
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Pope Benedict XVI kisses the glass reliquary containing the blood of the late Pope John Paul II. Speaking in Latin, Benedict pronounced John Paul "Blessed" shortly after the start of the Mass.
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Associated Press Jackie Mason, seen here in 1987, is a tart-tongued stand-up comedian best known for skewering politically correct sacred cows. At 74, he's not slowing down.
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Associated Press photographs Ennis McLin walks Thursday through the remains of Lakeview United Methodist Church, destroyed the day before by a tornado near Tanner, Ala.
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Activist Anna Hazare, 73, stages a hunger strike against corruption in New Delhi. He has called for a panel to investigate corruption.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Anti-corruption demonstrators block traffic earlier this month in Ahmadabad, India. Thousands have protested, courts are pursuing high-level prosecutions, and tougher anti-corruption laws are in the works.
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After Tuesday's service for Chernobyl disaster victims at St. Elias Cathedral near the nuclear power plant site in Ukraine, (from left) Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Vladimir and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych ring bells in memory of the victims.
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Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, urged Catholics to rejuvenate their faith and share it with others. "We are not just bystanders. We're invited to share in Christ's new life," he said. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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President Obama departs the White House on his way to attend services at Shiloh Baptist Church in D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood. (Associated Press)
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Wearing her Sunday best, 5-year-old Mercedes Webster walks down the church steps after Easter Mass at the historic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on Rhode Island Avenue in the District. The service, attended by an overflow congregation, focused largely on Scripture. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Michelle Schlesinger of Baltimore prays Sunday after receiving Communion during Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Ms. Schlesinger was in town spending the Easter holiday with her sister, who lives in Washington. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Lisa Miller was last seen with her daughter in Nicaragua, according to the FBI. She became a devout Christian and said she didn't want the girl raised in a homosexual home. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** The faithful crowd St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during an Easter Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday, April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama (center seated) and others lower their heads during an Easter prayer breakfast with Christian leaders in the East Room of the White House. Leading the prayer at the lectern is Vashti Murphy McKenzie, bishop at African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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The Easter Bunny will be the star of the opening ceremony Monday for the White House Easter Egg Roll. (Photograph provided by the White House)
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**FILE** William Rusher attends the American Conservative Union's Conservative Century dinner at the Washington Hilton in 1999. (The Washington Times)
