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Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus smiles as he arrives at the High Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Zia Islam)
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Anti-Gadhafi protesters leave the Muradagha mosque to demonstrate after Friday prayers in the Tajoura district of eastern Tripoli, Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi fired tear gas at protesters who marched in Tripoli on Friday, calling for the Libyan leader's ouster in defiance of a fierce crackdown by regime supporters that has spread fear in the capital. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Charlie Sheen will ultimately lose his luster among Twitter followers, at least one prognosticator says.
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Frank Wright, president of the National Religious Broadcasters, assailed a "public-value test," as proposed by an FCC commissioner, as "the 'Fairness Doctrine' in a dress." (Mark A. Kellner/The Washington Times)
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Darul Uloom in Deoband, northern India, whose Koranic interpretations inspired the Taliban, is one of the world's most revered schools of Islamic learning and a beacon for others around the world. (Associated Press)
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Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi (center) is welcomed Feb. 24 as the new leader of India's Darul Uloom Islamic seminary. (Associated Press)
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A Pakistani man examines the blood-stained car of Shahbaz Bhatti, minister for minorities affairs and the only Christian in the Cabinet, on Wednesday in Islamabad. Mr. Bhatti was fatally shot in the car near his mother's house. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Rebekah Phelps-Roper, demonstrating near the Tennessee Capitol in 2006, is a member of Westboro Baptist Church, a group whose right to protest at funerals of American soldiers killed in combat carrying signs such as "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "Priests Rape Boys'' was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2011. (Associated Press)
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Albert Snyder (center), flanked by his attorneys, walks to a news conference after the Supreme Court's 8-1 ruling in favor of Westboro Baptist Church ended Mr. Snyder's suit against the church for emotional distress after church members marched at the 2006 funeral Mass of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder and carried signs with anti-gay, anti-military and anti-Catholic messages. (Associated Press)
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People from the Pakistani Christian community rally to condemn the death of Shahbaz Bhatti, minister for minorities affairs, during a rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Gunmen fatally shot Mr. Bhatti, the latest attack on a high-profile Pakistani figure threatened by Islamist militants for urging reform of harsh blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam. (Associated Press)
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Margie Phelps, second from right, a daughter of Fred Phelps, and the lawyer who argued the case for of the Westboro Baptist Church, of Tokepa Kan., walks from the Supreme Court, in Washington on Oct. 6, 2010. The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, March 2, 2011, that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount attention-getting, anti-gay protests outside military funerals. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Shahbaz Bhatti, then head of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, displays a threatening letter which a Christian resident of Charsadda town received, during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 16, 2007. Mr. Bhatti, now a federal government minister, was shot and killed by gunmen on Wednesday March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)
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A young anti-Gadhafi protester with her face painted in the colors of the old Libyan flag during a protest at the court square, in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Best supporting actor Christian Bale, left to right, best actress Natalie Portman, best supporting actress Melissa Leo and best actor Colin Firth pose with their awards at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Christian Bale accepts the Oscar for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for "The Fighter" at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Egyptian protesters gather to demand Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi step down during demonstrations in Tahrir Square in Cairo Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Tens of thousands of Bahraini anti-government protesters converge on the Pearl roundabout in Manama, Bahrain, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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Protesters shout slogans against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a demonstration at the court square, in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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A Libyan protester holds up a sign as she shouts slogans against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during the demonstration before Friday prayers, in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Libyan mourners carry the coffins three protesters who were killed last week during the demonstrations against Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi, in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. Militias loyal to Col. Gadhafi are reported to have opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques in the Libyan capital on Friday, witnesses said, reporting at least four killed. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)