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Chinese paramilitary police and riot police stand guard near barricades set up along the main street of Aba, China. The barricades limit access to the town, which has been the scene of protests against Chinese rule. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (left) and University of Miami President Donna Shalala, who had Mrs. Sibelius' job in the Clinton administration, discuss the still-divisive Affordable Care Act at a community health center in Miami. (Associated Press)
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Igbo people demonstrate on Feb. 29 following the death of their leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, in Nnewi, Nigeria. Assaults by the Boko Haram have sent many Igbo, one of the three dominant ethnic groups in Nigeria, fleeing. Based in the eastern states, most Igbo became Catholic after being colonized by the British. Many became successful traders. (Associated Press)
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Igbo people demonstrate on Feb. 29 following the death of their leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, in Nnewi, Nigeria. Assaults by the Boko Haram have sent many Igbo, one of the three dominant ethnic groups in Nigeria, fleeing. Based in the eastern states, most Igbo became Catholic after being colonized by the British. Many became successful traders. (Associated Press)
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A new Israeli law aims to ease the pressure on young girls who want emulate the country's skin-and-bones models - pressure often resulting in dangerous eating disorders - by banning underweight models from local advertising. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks about his budget plan during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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New Hampshire state Rep. David Bates, a Republican, speaks on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Concord, N.H., about his bill to repeal the state's gay-marriage law. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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** FILE ** Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, introduces a plan on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, to overhaul Medicare. The proposal would have the federal program competing with private plans. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Mourners attend the funeral of victims of a suicide bombing in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, March 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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Posters like this one urged Americans to cooperate with census takers. Results from the 1940 census will be released on April 2, offering a "gold mine" of data on Depression-era America. (Library of Congress via Associated Press)
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Memphis Grizzlies forward Rudy Gay shoots over the defense of Washington Wizards guard Jordan Crawford in the second half on Sunday, March 18, 2012, in Memphis, Tenn. Gay led the scoring with 27 points for the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies defeated the Wizards 97-92. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman)
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Syrian refugees speak with a Turkish soldier as people fleeing violence in Syria continue to cross the border near Reyhanli, Turkey, on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Dharun Ravi (center) is hugged by his father, Ravi Pazhani, on March 16, 2012, as they leave court in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life, was convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy. (Associated Press)
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Dharun Ravi enters the courtroom March 15, 2012, during jury deliberations at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student, faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime. His freshman-year roommate, Tyler Clementi, jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010, just days after Clementi's intimate encounter with another man. (Associated Press)
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams reads the Book of Common Prayer in the grounds of Lambeth Palace, in London on March 16, 2012. Williams says he is stepping down at the end of the year, closing a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican communion sharply divided on issues of sexuality and gender. (Associated Press/PA Wire)
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Jim McGrath, chairman of the Tenants Advocacy Coalition, expresses his support yesterday for the nomination of Betty Noel to the D.C. Public Service Commission, outside of the John A. Wilson Building. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Protesters in February 2011 gather around then-state Sen. Russell Pearce, author of Arizona's tough immigration law, at a Phoenix courthouse. The Republican was ousted from office in a November recall election. But he is considering another legislative race. An email message to Pearce supporters said he will announce his plans Monday. (Associated Press)
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Thousands of Egyptian activists and soccer fans on Thursday participate in a march from the headquarters of the al-Ahly club toward the Egyptian general prosecutor's office in downtown Cairo to protest against what they say is the slow pace of procedures taken by the government to find and hold accountable those responsible for soccer violence in Port Said that claimed scores of victims. Arabic on the banner reads, "The glory for martyrs." (Associated Press)
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Ice Cube (left) is the surly commander of the Jump Street police division, which sends Jonah Hill (center) and Channing Tatum undercover in high school to find youth crime. (Columbia Pictures-Sony via Associated Press)
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Jason Segel plays the title character in "Jeff, Who Lives at Home," about an unemployed slacker who lives in his mother's basement. (Paramount Vantage)
