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** FILE ** Angelina Jolie, the U.N. refugee agency's special envoy, speaks to the press during her visit to the Zaatari Syrian Refugees Camp in Mafraq, Jordan, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The Hollywood star arrived on Tuesday morning in the Zaatari camp, which hosts about 27,000 Syrians displaced by the 18-month conflict in their homeland. (Associated Press)

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Frenchman Bernard Arnault, here in 2009, is being criticized for seeking dual citizenship in Belgium. Critics say that Europe’s richest man is trying to dodge the new French Socialist government’s planned 75 percent tax on its wealthiest people. Mr. Arnault, who presides over a luxury goods empire, denies trying to evade taxes. (Associated Press)

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George Michael on Sunday became the first pop singer to play a gig at the Paris Opera. The concert was in support of the AIDS-related charity Sidaction. (Associated Press)

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announces the 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/John Harrington, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

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Palestinian police clash with demonstrators on Sept. 10, 2012, near the municipality building in the West Bank city of Hebron during a protest against high prices and unpaid salaries. The demonstrators shuttered shops, halted traffic with burning tires and closed schools throughout the West Bank. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** British singer George Michael performs in concert to raise money for the AIDS charity Sidaction at the Paris Opera's Palais Garnier in Paris on Sept. 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Illegal immigrants prepare to enter a bus after being processed at the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector headquarters on Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)

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An Afghan policeman stands guard at the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul Afghanistan, Saturday, 8, 2012. Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber has blown himself up near NATO headquarters in Kabul, killing at least 6 people (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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Gov. Jan Brewer two years ago signed landmark legislation requiring all Arizona police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop while enforcing other laws and suspect are in the country illegally. The requirement is expected to go into effect in the next several days. (Associated Press)