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    This graphic from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's "Take Back the 20" Facebook page shows a U.S. map with the cross hairs of a gun scope imposed over the districts of 20 Democrats. (AP Photo)


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    Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh greets Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she arrives at the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, on Tuesday. Mrs. Clinton's unannounced visit aimed to shore up ties with a fragile and problematic ally. (Associated Press)


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    **FILE** People surround a Chinese military J-20 stealth jet Jan. 5, 2011, before it undergoes a runway taxi test in Chengdu, China. (Associated Press)


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    U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left front) listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao during a meeting Tuesday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Mr. Hu visits the U.S. later this month. (Associated Press)


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    Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is calling for increased spending to protect members of Congress and their staffs following the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (Associated Press)


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    Chinese actor and director Jiang Wen (right) appears in the movie "Let the Bullets Fly." He has produced one of the year's biggest hits in a sensitive genre, taking in $91 million with a rare political satire in an industry that's still carefully censored by the country's communist government. (Associated Press)


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    Dr. Peter Rhee, chief trauma and critical care surgeon at University Medical Center in Tucson, describes in more detail to reporters Tuesday the gunshot wound sustained by Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (Associated Press)


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    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gestures during a press conference detailing the Republican agenda for the 2011 session of the General Assembly as Virginia Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, left, and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, right, listen at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)


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    Iranian Christians attend Christmas Mass at St. Grigor Armenian Catholic Church in Tehran on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Iran has arrested about 70 Christians since Christmas in a crackdown that demonstrates the limits of religious tolerance by Islamic leaders, who often boast they provide room for other faiths. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)


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