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Jewish settlers hang Israeli flags during a cornerstone laying ceremony for a daycare center in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Netafim, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to "show restraint" after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly relaunched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Jewish settlers participate in a cornerstone laying ceremony for a daycare center at the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Netafim, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to "show restraint" after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly re-launched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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A Jewish settler boy looks at earth-moving equipment working at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Senior Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said Monday that President Mahmoud Abbas remains ready to walk out on Mideast peace talks if Israel resumes construction in its West Bank settlements now that building restrictions have expired. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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**FILE** A Palestinian man works at a construction site on Sept. 27 in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Yakir, south of the Palestinians town of Nablus. (Associated Press)
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Catholics pray in the rubble of the Notre Dame cathedral during mass in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 that killed a government-estimated 300,000 people and left millions homeless. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Catholics pray in the rubble of the Notre Dame cathedral during mass in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 that killed a government-estimated 300,000 people and left millions homeless. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Bishop Eddie Long (right), embraces a friend at a Sunday service in Atlanta. He did not directly deny accusations of sexually seducing young men. (Associated Press)
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Texas State Board of Education member Lawrence Allen speaks during a meeting of the board to discuss Islam and Christianity in textbooks in Austin, Texas on Friday. The board of education adopted a resolution seeking to curtail references to Islam in textbooks. (Associated Press/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)
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Mark Zuckerberg (right), Facebook founder, says he was inspired to give $100 million to the Newark, N.J., public schools system by the mayor. (Associated Press)
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The vessel Irene, with nine Jewish activists aboard, sets sail on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, from the Famagusta harbor in the Turkish-occupied north of divided Cyprus in a bid to breach the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Bishop Eddie Long (left) embraces an attendee at services at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church outside Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Bishop Long, the pastor of the Georgia megachurch, who is accused of luring young men into sexual relationships, told his congregation of thousands that all people must face painful and distasteful situations. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool)
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Members of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church outside Atlanta worship on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Sunday's services at the Georgia megachurch give its famed pastor, Bishop Eddie Long, the chance to address the congregation for the first time about allegations that he lured young men into sexual relationships with gifts and travel. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool)
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** FILE ** In this Jan. 18, 2007, file photo, Bishop Eddie Long, of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, in Lithonia, Ga., gestures during an interview in Lithonia. Two men on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, filed a lawsuit accusing Long of exploiting his role as pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch to coerce them into sexual relationships when they were members of his congregation. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)
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Anthony Bruner and Mary Lou Bruner pray at the start of a meeting of the Texas State Board of Education to discuss Islam and Christianity in textbooks in Austin, Texas, on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. The board of education adopted a resolution seeking to curtail references to Islam in textbooks. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Patrons gamble at the newly opened SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia. The casino opened its doors Thursday after years of community protests and delays.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, holds up a copies of the Quran, left, and Bible, right, as he addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, enters before speaking at the 65th United Nations General Assembly in the UN building in New York City on September 23, 2010. UPI/John Angelillo
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, waits to speak at the 65th United Nations General Assembly in the UN building in New York City on September 23, 2010. UPI/John Angelillo
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran addresses the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, holds up a copies of the Quran, left, and Bible, right, as he addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.