Social Issues

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Vials of flu vaccine are displayed at the Whittier Street Health Center in Boston, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as the city tried to deal with a harsh flu season and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Thousands of demonstrators, seen from the Eiffel Tower, gather on the Champs de Mars in Paris on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, to protest the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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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)