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** FILE ** Israeli soldier picks up parts of a tent previously set up by Palestinian activists in Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, Saturday, Feb. 9. Palestinian activists set up a tent village to protest the settlement building in the area. (Associated Press)
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Massimiliano Gerina, who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple he was friends with nearly three years ago, discusses parenthood Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Miami. He was ecstatic about becoming a father, a dream the gay hairdresser had all but given up on. But shortly before the little girl was born, the mothers asked Gerina to sign legal documents saying he had no rights to the baby and was only a sperm donor. (Associated Press)
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Daniel Day-Lewis, center rear, plays Abraham Lincoln, in a scene from the film, "Lincoln." U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, a Connecticut Democrat who saw a flaw in the movie, says he is pleased the screenwriter has conceded an inaccuracy in its portrayal of an 1865 vote on slavery. (AP Photo/DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox, David James, File)
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Malian soldiers man a bridge at the entrance of Gao, Mali, on Feb. 8, 2013, where a suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed himself attempting to blow up an army checkpoint. It was the first known time a suicide bomber operated in Mali. (Associated Press)
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Children stand in front of their house at a compound for displaced people in Baghdad's southeastern Zaafaraniyah district, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. An estimated 1.55 million people are currently displaced inside Iraq due to sectarian violence that threatened their lives. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
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Dr. Tamzin Rosenwasser ended her dermatology practice after reading the health care reform bill. “I was conversant with what had already happened with Medicaid, and I didn’t want to go down that road with Obamacare,” she said. (Steve Nesius/Special to The Washington Times)
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Egyptian women gather to denounce sexual violence and harassment against women in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 6. Mob-led sexual assaults targeting Egypt's female protesters could increase if perpetrators are not punished, an international rights group warned on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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D.C. police Chief Cathy L. Lanier says her department has made headway in identifying records that correspond to sexual assaults questioned by Human Rights Watch in its blistering report that accused the department of failing to investigate the cases. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner says the looming sequesters and resulting budget cuts would be like "taking a meat ax to our government." Eager to buy time and avoid economic pain, President Obama urged Congress to pass targeted measures. (Associated Press)
