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Residents retrieve belongings in December after authorities demolished their unauthorized houses in northeastern Delhi, which contains India's most crowded neighborhoods. Some homes are made of a single layer of brick, with extra floors added without support for the weight. Below, narrow streets are lined by buildings jammed together. Experts say a major earthquake is likely to hit the city, but next to nothing has been done to prepare for it, in part because of poverty. (Associated Press)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, leaves the Capitol on Jan. 25, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, talks Jan. 24, 2012, to reporters on Capitol Hill following the Republicans' weekly strategy session. (Associated Press)
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Jason Weinstein, an account manager for Workforce1 Healthcare, discusses job opportunities Jan. 25, 2012, with attendees at JobEXPO's job fair in New York. (Associated Press)
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Dan and Vicki McCuistion of Driftwood, Texas, are seen Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in Austin, Texas. The McCuistions have been uninsured throughout their 17 years married. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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President Obama, with first lady Michelle Obama, immediately after his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night at the Capitol, tells John Buchanan that Navy SEALs had rescued his daughter, Jessica Buchanan, and Poul Hagen Thisted of Denmark from a camp in Somalia. Ms. Buchanan, 32, and Mr. Thisted, 60, were working for the Danish Refugee Council when they were taken hostage in October.
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President Obama, with first lady Michelle Obama, immediately after his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night at the Capitol, tells John Buchanan that Navy SEALs had rescued his daughter, Jessica Buchanan, and Poul Hagen Thisted of Denmark from a camp in Somalia. Ms. Buchanan, 32, and Mr. Thisted, 60, were working for the Danish Refugee Council when they were taken hostage in October.
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (center), Arizona Democrat, is greeted by Rep. Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida Democrat, before President Obama's State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
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This undated photo taken at an unknown location and released by the Danish Refugee Council on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, shows Dane Poul Hagen Thisted from the Danish Refugee Council's de-mining unit. (AP Photo/Danish Refugee Council)
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This undated photo taken at an unknown location and released by the Danish Refugee Council on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, shows American Jessica Buchanan from the Danish Refugee Council's de-mining unit. (AP Photo/Danish Refugee Council)
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Judge Baltazar Garzon (center), considered a hero by human rights groups, leaves the Supreme Court in Madrid Tuesday, when he went on trial for exceeding his authority by investigating Franco-era crimes after amnesty was declared. (Associated Press)
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Pro-choice advocates challenge pro-life advocates in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** In this Jan. 23, 2012, file photo, pro-life advocates march past the Capitol during the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** Pro-life advocates march past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 as part of the March for Life. The group rallied at the National Mall and marched to the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes that Roe v. Wade will be overturned. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Pro-choice advocates challenge pro-life advocates in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Thousands of pro-life advocates march up Constitution Avenue to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 during the March for Life. They want the court to overturn Roe v. Wade and make abortion illegal. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Hundreds of youths gather in the street outside the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 following the Youth Rally and Mass for Life. Once the mass was completed, people picked up signs and prepared to march to the Supreme Court in defense of pro-life legislation. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Priests from across the country attend the Youth Rally and Mass for Life at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. These priests were later called upon to offer communion to the thousands of people in attendance. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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People file back into the arena at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. after receiving communion Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 at the Youth Rally and Mass for Life. Because there were so many people in attendance, communion stations were offered in several places throughout the center. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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"Obstructionists" and "compromise"? Enjoy a game of bingo based on cliches likely to surface in President Obama's State of the Union address, courtesy of Americans for Tax Reform. (Image from Americans for Tax Reform)
