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Retired schoolteacher Jacques Sigot shows photos taken of a camp in the village of Montreuil-Bellay where, during World War II, thousands of French Gypsies were interned.

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An Iraqi soldier secures the scene of a suicide car bombing that targeted a crowded commercial area near an AsiaCell store (in the background), one of Iraq's biggest mobile phone providers, in Baghdad on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Another bomb exploded during the morning rush hour, killing or wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo)

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Afghan women wait outside a polling station to cast their ballots for the parliamentary elections in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. Afghans braved Taliban rockets and polling site bombings Saturday to vote for a new parliament in elections seen as a measure of the government's competence and commitment to democratic rule. It was the first nationwide balloting since a fraud-marred presidential election last year undermined international support for President Hamid Karzai.The ink on the woman's finger is from traditional henna. (AP Photo/ Mustafa Quraishi)

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An Afghan woman reacts before casting her ballot in parliamentary elections at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Hossein Fatemi)

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An Afghan policeman provides a very visible show of security in front of an election campaign billboard in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged Afghans to vote in this weekend's parliamentary election despite threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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In this 1998 photo, Leo Mascheroni and his wife Marjorie pose in their Los Alamos, N.M. home. A scientist and his wife who both once worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory were arrested Friday, Sept. 17, 2010 after an FBI sting operation and charged with conspiring to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela. (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, Clyde Mueller)

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Soldiers of Pakistan's paramilitary forces stand guard on the roadside as tension mounted after killing of Pakistani local leader Imran Farooq in London, on Friday, Sept. 178, 2010 in Karachi, Pakistan. Gangs torched vehicles and a shop in Karachi on Friday after Farooq was stabbed to death in London. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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An Afghan policeman provides a very visible show of security in front of an election campaign billboard in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged Afghans to vote in this weekend's parliamentary election despite threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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A police officer mans a machine gun on a street corner a day ahead of parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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A police officer frisks a motorcyclist at a check point in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged citizens to vote in Saturday's parliamentary election despite fears of violence and threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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A police officer frisks a motorcyclist at a check point in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged citizens to vote in Saturday's parliamentary election despite fears of violence and threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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Polling materials are delivered to a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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A police officer checks out a ballot box after they are delivered at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Polling materials are stashed in a corner as people pray at a mosque that will serve as a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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A poll worker carries ballot boxes to a mosque tat will serve as a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Police officers and poll workers check the seals on poll materials as they are delivered to a polling center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Police officers carry election materials to a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Policemen frisk commuters at a checkpoint set up as a security measure a day ahead of parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Policemen frisk commuters at a checkpoint set up as a security measure a day ahead of parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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An injured Afghan girl is treated at a hospital after she was injured when a bomb concealed in a bicycle exploded in Herat, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged citizens to vote in Saturday's parliamentary election despite fears of violence and threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)