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President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to sign the pension reform measure into law this week. Polls show Mr. Sarkozy's approval rating had dropped below 30 percent for the first time. (Associated Press)
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Civil security soldiers (left) collect garbage in central Marseille on Wednesday. The garbage collectors are on strike for nine days to protest against Mr. Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62. (Associated Press)
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CHOOSING CHAIRMEN: Minority Leader John A. Boehner leads the House Steering Committee. (Associated Press)
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Provided by Hurt for U.S. Congress ANGER: Republican Robert Hurt, a Virginia state senator running for the 5th District U.S. House seat, has struck a chord in riled-up voters with his campaign poster.
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President Obama is introduced by Javier Garcia of Brownsville, Texas, before signing the Executive Order on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. (Associated Press)
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer improved her chances of keeping her seat when she signed into law a tough enforcement measure against illegal immigration. Polls show the Republican incumbent leading the race. (Arizona Republic via Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Standing together on April 16, 2010, after handcuffing themselves to the White House fence to protest for gay rights are (from left) Petty Officer Autumn Sandeen, Lt. Dan Choi, Cpl. Evelyn Thomas, Capt. Jim Pietrangelo II, Cadet Mara Boyd and Petty Officer Larry Whitt. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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District Judge Virginia A. Phillips, here in 2002, is at the center of the debate on gays in the military with her ruling to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. (Associated Press)
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Volunteer Mary Dow, holding a rescue cat named Sage who lost a leg to amputation, says Independent Animal Rescue in Durham, N.C., has found homes for "quite a few" disabled animals like Sage. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan is pictured at the Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas, in April 2010. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriff's Department)
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Salvation Army worker Daniel Aherns, here in July 2009, collects on Fifth Avenue at Rockefeller Center in New York. A seasonal stereotype doesn't keep the charity from helping those hardest hit by the recession. (Associated Press)
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Floridian Betty Dizik, 83, is upset that she won't receive a Social Security cost-of-living increase again this year. She gets by on a monthly Social Security check of $1,200, her only source of income. (Associated Press)
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Salvadoran illegal immigrant Ingmar Guandique is set to stand trial for first-degree murder in Miss Levy's case.
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New Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte wields the gavel after receiving it from his predecessor, Jan Peter Balkenende, in The Hague on Thursday. Mr. Rutte's minority government pledged budgetary austerity and a crackdown on immigration. (Associated Press)
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Illustration: Abortion by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
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From left, Petty Officer Autumn Sandeen, Lt. Dan Choi, Cpl. Evelyn Thomas, Capt. Jim Pietrangelo II, Cadet Mara Boyd and Petty Officer Larry Whitt stand together on April 16 after they handcuffed themselves to the fence outside the White House during a protest for gay rights. A federal judge issued a worldwide injunction Tuesday stopping enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, halting the military's 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Larry Whitt, who left the Navy after serving 12 years because he is gay, joins other protesters who watched President Obama arrive in Coral Gables, Fla., on Monday. Mr. Whitt was there to protest the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Larry Whitt, who left the Navy after serving 12 years because he is gay, joins other protesters who watched President Obama arrive in Coral Gables, Fla., on Monday. Mr Whitt was there to protest the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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Republican Assemblyman Van Tran speaks at Tea Party rally in Garden Grove. His race against Ms. Sanchez is unusual in pitting two minority candidates against each other.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, campaigns in Garden Grove, Calif., Saturday, as she faces her first real challenge in 14 years, from a Vietnamese assemblyman who came to America as a refugee.
