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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man lies on the ground with blood on his face after a scuffle with border police officers during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Israeli police say they have arrested several dozen people in a violent protest by ultra-Orthodox activists opposed to an excavation they say is disturbing Jewish gravesites. Five police officers and 10 demonstrators were slightly wounded. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Romanian protesters hold up impaled effigies depicting the country's president and government members during a protest in Bucharest Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Thousands of angry Romanians protested Tuesday outside parliament against salary and pension cuts as the legislature started debating a no-confidence motion in the government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A protester steps on an effigy depicting Romanian President Traian Basescu during a protest in Bucharest Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Thousands of angry Romanians protested Tuesday outside parliament against salary and pension cuts as the legislature started debating a no-confidence motion in the government.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Megan Bradley, 3, great-niece of Jim Wray, gathers in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, with other relatives of those shot dead on Bloody Sunday in 1972. The British government is releasing the long-awaited Saville Report, which investigated Bloody Sunday, on which 13 Catholic demonstrators were killed by British troops. The investigation began in 1998 and became the most expensive in British legal history as it gathered evidence from 2,500 witnesses, including troops who opened fire that day. (AP Photo/Paul Faith/PA Wire)
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Relatives of those shot dead on Bloody Sunday march in silence in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, ahead of the release of the long-awaited Saville Report. The British government is publishing the findings of the investigation into Bloody Sunday, the 1972 killing of 13 Catholic demonstrators by British troops. The investigation began in 1998 and became the most expensive in British legal history as it gathered evidence from 2,500 witnesses, including troops who opened fire that day. (AP Photo/Paul Faith/PA Wire)
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The congregation is led in corporate prayer at the Falls Church in Falls Church, Va., June 3, 2010, each person praying so that all prayers sound like a murmur in the room. (Michelle Phillips/The Washington Times)
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Bangladeshi Muslim protesters shout slogans as they burn a Swedish flag during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 28, 2010, against social networking website Facebook for holding a competition on caricatures of Prophet Mohammed. (Associated Press)
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An elderly Maronite woman holds a rosary during Mass at Saint George's Cathedral in the Maronite Catholic village of Kormakitis in the remote northwestern tip of divided Cyprus. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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** FILE ** Bishop Roger Vangheluwe of Bruges, Belgium, pictured here in February 2007, was Belgium's longest serving bishop when he stepped down on Friday, April 23, 2010, after admitting to sexually abusing a young boy about 25 years ago. The resignation of the 74-year-old bishop was the first in Belgium after a child-abuse scandal began engulfing the Roman Catholic Church in 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Maenhoudt, File)
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**FILE** Riot police stand guard in front of the residence of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during a demonstration in Bangkok by Red Shirt anti-government protesters on April 12, 2010. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Israeli police walk through the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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** FILE ** Thai Buddhist monks pray for peace as anti-government demonstrators gather to shout insults at police outside police headquarters on Friday, April 9, 2010, in Bangkok. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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Pittsburgh police in riot gear redeploy Thursday after confrontations with protesters near the Strip District in Pittsburgh. Hundreds of demonstrators marched in protest of the G-20 summit, which is expected to begin in Pittsburgh on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in March 2003. (Associated Press)
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Archbishop of San Antonio Jose Gomez was selected in 2010 to replace Cardinal Roger Mahony as archbishop of Los Angeles, the nation's largest Roman Catholic diocese. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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** FILE ** Worshippers attend Mass at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, after an expert commission reported that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin had covered up decades of child abuse by priests because bishops wanted to protect the church's reputation at the expense of victims. (AP Photo/Press Association, Niall Carson)
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Church of Scientology lawyer Patrick Maisonneuve, left, speaks to reporters after a court returned a verdict of fraud against the group, at a Paris courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter (22) scores a 74-yard touchdown after intercepting against the Indianapolis Colts during the second half of the Saints' 31-17 victory in Super Bowl XLIV in Miami. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Faiza Silmi, a 32-year-old Moroccan, walks in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France, 24 miles southwest of Paris, on Jan. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Illustration: Good Friday.