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Opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov (foreground) speaks during a demonstration in Moscow on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, as thousands of people protested against Russia's new law banning Americans from adopting Russian children. The posters have the word "Shame" written in red over the faces of Russian lawmakers and proclaim Sunday's demonstration as a "March Against the Scum" who enacted the law. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Police officers stop members of a group of four women who went topless to protest the Vatican's opposition to gay marriage in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Police quickly took the women away, and the pope appeared not to have been disturbed as he delivered his traditional prayer from his studio window overlooking the piazza. On their bare backs, the women had painted the slogans "In Gay We Trust" and "Shut Up. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)
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An Indian woman lights candles in Gauhati, India, on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in remembrance of a young woman who was gang-raped on a moving bus in New Delhi in December. The case has sparked protests across India by women and men who say India's legal system doesn't do enough to prevent attacks on women. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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Demonstrators carry red placards with the words 'One father, one mother, it's obvious" in Paris on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, as thousands of protesters mobilized against the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage. The placard at center reads: "Pro-marriage, not anti-gay." (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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**FILE** Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks during a meeting with representatives from the video game industry in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on Jan. 11, 2013. Biden is holding a series of meetings this week as part of the effort he is leading to develop policy proposals in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. walks out of the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 4, 2013, following the counting of Electoral College votes. (Associated Press)
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This photo provided by the Indiana State Police shows Richard Wayne Landers, Jr. who authorities say was abducted from Indiana by his paternal grandparents in 1994 during custody proceedings. Authorities say a 24-year-old man with the same Social Security number and date of birth as Landers but living under a different name was located in October 2012 in Long Prairie, Minn. Police said his grandparents were also living under aliases nearby and confirmed his identity. (Associated Press/Indiana State Police)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden (right), accompanied by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., speaks during a meeting with sportsmen and sportswomen and wildlife interest groups on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House complex in Washington. Mr. Biden is holding a series of meetings this week as part of the effort to develop policy proposals in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shootings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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The Rev. Louie Giglio of Atlanta, who was to deliver the benediction at President Obama’s inauguration, withdrew from the ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, after gay and lesbian groups protested anti-gay remarks he had made in the 1990s. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Officials tape off an area outside San Joaquin Valley High School in Taft, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2013. Authorities said a student was shot and wounded and another student was taken into custody. (Associated Press/Taft Midway Driller, Doug Keeler)
