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An estimated 1,200 undocumented migrants daily cross the Limpopo River, South Africa's equivalent of the Rio Grande separating the U.S. and Mexico. Most are from Zimbabwe, where shortages of food and fuel and an unemployment rate of more than 80% have sparked a steady exodus to the more stable and more prosperous South Africa. (Getty Images/File)
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An undercover videotape shows a nurse at Planned Parenthood of Indiana clinic in Bloomington, Ind., coaching a supposed 13-year-old on how to duck Indiana's laws about parental-consent on abortion and the reporting of child sex-abuse. (Courtesy of liveactionfilms.org)
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Children from the Andile School choir sing during World AIDS day, in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Church bells tolled, workers put down their tools and court proceedings stopped Monday as South Africa marked a minute of silence for AIDS victims and ended a decade of denial about the epidemic. South Africa has an estimated 5.5 million people living with the HIV virus, the highest total of any country. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
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** FILE ** A health official takes a blood sample for an HIV test during a campaign marking World AIDS Day in San Salvador on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS London Mayor Boris Johnson, a maverick member of the center-right Conservative Party, sees Sen. Barack Obama as the "incarnation of change and hope" that the United States needs in the White House.
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Deborah Jeane Palfrey hanged herself before she was sentenced in connection with her high-priced prostitution ring. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times/File)
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Bob Dylan
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** FILE ** In 1932, Americans were not afraid that Franklin D. Roosevelt would be too ill, too nice, too soft or too socialist for the presidency — they were afraid of starving to death in the Depression. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press photographs Mexican sailors patrol the waters of Isla Mujeres, off the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Speedboats stolen from Florida are often found in the navy yard here after smugglers bring in Cuban migrants, who then continue to the U.S. across land.
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Getty Images Officials from the International Monetary Fund - who were visiting the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, on other business - met with government officials about the economic crisis. Iceland, which has not decided whether to seek IMF help, has a long economic reach because of global investments.
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The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, pictured here in a 2008 file photo, said his organization is launching the "Protect Thy Neighbor" project to block efforts to use "religious liberty" rights to discriminate against sexual minorities and access to reproductive services, such as birth control. (The Washington Times, file.)
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“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race,” wrote Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (shown at Montpelier, home of James Madison, "Father of the Constitution").
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**FILE** People wait for nightfall on Mexico's side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Rep. Nancy Pelosi's views on abortion have brought criticism from the Catholic Church. (The Washington Times)
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The upcoming 2016 presidential race is predicted to be a $4.4 billion election. (Mary F. Calvert / The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Cindy McCain, her arm in a sling because of a "minor sprain" suffered when someone shook her hand too vigorously during a campaign event, speaks to reporters on Aug. 13, 2008, in Birmingham, Mich. She is more frequently seen standing quietly by her husband's side, but that can be deceptive. She has a full life out of the limelight as a wife, mother, business chief executive, charity founder and worker for the causes her charities support. (Associated Press)
