Social Issues

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Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terrorism suspects sought to block their extradition from Britain to the U.S., claiming they faced "torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" in American custody. (Associated Press)

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Victims of a suicide attack are transported in the back of a police pickup truck to the hospital in Guzara, Afghanistan, in Herat province, on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)

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In this undated film image released by The Weinstein Company, Alex Libby is shown in the documentary film, "Bully." The Weinstein Co. said the rating for "Bully" has been lowered from R to PG-13. The company announced Thursday that an edited version of the documentary with a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America would be released April 13. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company)

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Pro-Syrian-government demonstrators hold Baath party flags and a picture of President Bashar Assad at a rally at Sabe Bahrat Square in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, April 7, 2012, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Baath Arab Socialist Party. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

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** FILE ** Nigerians gather around a car used by a suicide bomber at a Catholic church in Jos, Nigeria, on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo, File)

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Ugandan opposition members, vowing to resist their criminalisation by the government, demonstrate in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, April 5, 2012. The Ugandan government on Wednesday outlawed the group "Activists for Change" that since last year has led popular protests against official corruption and the high cost of living, saying it had become a force for instability. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

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President Obama speaks April 6, 2012, at the Forum on Women and the Economy at the White House. (Associated Press)

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Stephen Martino, director of the Maryland Lottery, outside the Baltimore County 7-Eleven store where the record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions jackpot was sold. (Associated Press)

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This October 2010 aerial file photo shows the Fox River as it flows into downtown Oswego, Ill., in Kendall County, with subdivisions and farmland to the southeast. The nation's No. 1 fastest-growing county from 2000 to 2010, Kendall was part of an exurban wave in the heady 2000s that more than doubled its population. But Census estimates as of July 2011 highlight a shift in population trends, following an extended housing bust and a renewed spike in oil prices: Outlying suburbs are now seeing their growth fizzle to historic lows, halting American city dwellers' decades-long exodus to sprawling homes in distant towns. (AP Photo/The Beacon-News, Marianne Mather, File)

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An Easter parade commences around the town church in Selta, a village in the Shpati region of central Albania. The lay priest (in yellow) sings old hymns with shepherd Anastas Karaj. A migrant worker from Greece (standing under flag) bought the processional cross for his son at an auction. (Eckehard Pistrick/Special to The Washington Times)

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Bishop Suffragan Laura J. Ahrens (left) and Bishop Ian T. Douglas (right) of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut demonstrate against the death penalty along with other religious leaders at the state Capitol in Hartford, Conn., on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, answers questions March 23, 2012, on Capitol Hill from reporters about challenges facing President Obama's health care overhaul law in the Supreme Court. (Associated Press)

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This computer screen shows the real-time functionality with social media outlets at the American Red Cross' new social media monitoring center in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury)

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** FILE ** The Food and Drug Administration has warned doctors that a second counterfeit version of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin has been found in the United States, packaged as Altuzan, the Turkish brand of the medication, which is not approved for use in the U.S. The agency said any packages or vials labeled with the lot number B6021 should be considered counterfeit. (AP Photo/U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

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Mary Bonauto, an attorney for GLAD, addresses reporters Wednesday after a hearing at the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Lawyers for the gay group contend that a federal law that denies benefits to married gay couples is discriminatory. (Associated Press)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, holds her weekly news conference March 29, 2012, on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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Syrian activists prepare signs for upcoming protests at a house in Damascus, Syria, on April 3, 2012. Syrian activists say there have been explosions and clashes in several parts of the country even as the government claims it has started to withdraw troops from some cities in compliance with an international cease-fire plan. (Associated Press)