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Oleg Orlov, a member of the Russian human rights group Memorial, talks to the media in his office in Moscow on Thursday, March 21, 2013, as prosecutors search for documents pertaining to all of the organization's activities. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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**FILE** Government workers, supporting union members and activists protest against the across-the-board federal spending cuts called sequestration at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on March 20, 2013. (Associated Press)
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Indian Tamil activists and supporters lie on a road and shout slogans during a protest against Sri Lanka's alleged wartime abuses in Chennai, India, on March 21, 2013. A key ethnic Tamil party withdrew from India's coalition government Tuesday, accusing the government of watering down a U.N. resolution criticizing Sri Lanka's war-time conduct against its minority Tamil population. The party has demanded the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution accuse Sri Lanka of genocide and that it leads to the formation of an international inquiry into possible war crimes. (Associated Press)
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Job seekers attend a health care job fair on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Ideal for weary political operatives, perhaps, Death Wish Coffee has three times the caffeine as the typical brew. (Courtesy of Death Wish Coffee)
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associated press An Indian Tamil activist shouts slogans Wednesday in Mumbai during a protest against Sri Lanka’s alleged wartime abuses. A key ethnic Tamil party withdrew from India’s coalition government Tuesday, and it has demanded that the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution accuse Sri Lanka of genocide against the minority Tamil population.
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The 2010 census gave respondents 14 options for ethnicity, as well as a place to write in another ethnic group with which they identified. Under the two-question set-up, however, respondents only have seven options. (Associated Press)
