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    Vadim Ghirda - AP
    An orthodox priest arranges items on a table before an Epiphany religious service in Constanta, Romania, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Thousands attended the celebration in the Black Sea port town. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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    Vadim Ghirda - AP
    Orthodox worshipers wait, backdropped by the Black Sea, for the start of an epiphany religious service in Constanta, Romania, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Thousands attended the celebration in the Black Sea port town. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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    Dmitry Lovetsky - AP
    A believer is reflected as she attends an Orthodox Christmas service at an Orthodox Church in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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    Dmitry Lovetsky - AP
    A Russian Navy cadet attends an Orthodox Christmas service at an Orthodox Church in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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    Darko Vojinovic - AP
    People watch a ceremonial burning of dried oak branches - the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas Eve in front of St. Sava church, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The Serbs celebrate Christmas according to Julian Calendar, on January 7. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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    VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JANUARY 06: Pope Benedict XVI attends the Epiphany Mass at the St. Peter's Basilica on January 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. During the ceremony the pontiff named four new bishops including his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
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    VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JANUARY 06: Four newly named bishops by Pope Benedict XVI attend the Epiphany Mass at the St. Peter's Basilica on January 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. During the ceremony the pontiff named four new bishops including his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
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    Nam Y. Huh - AP
    Debby Eades takes a walk with her dogs Koko, left, and Rascal at Montrose Beach in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Warmer weather is forecast for next week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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    Nam Y. Huh - AP
    Geese fly over Lake Michigan at Montrose Beach this morning in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. A cool weekend is expected to be followed by warming weather. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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    Allauddin Khan - AP
    A U.S. soldier with the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) investigates the scene after two suicide attacks in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Two suicide bombers penetrated a government compound in the country's south Sunday, killing several, Afghan officials said. There were no reports of foreign troops or civilians at the site. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
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    A.M. Ahad - AP
    Women members of the country’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) shout slogans during a strike in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. An alliance of 18 opposition parties, led by ex-Premier and BNP leader Khaleda Zia, is trying to enforce a dawn-to-dusk strike Sunday after the government announced a 9 percent hike in fuel prices, the fifth increase since 2009. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
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    Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
    Indian policemen, wrapped in warm clothes, stand guard at the Sangam ahead of the Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. More than 100 people have died of exposure as northern India deals with historically cold temperatures. Police spokesman Surendra Srivastava said Thursday that at least 114 people have died from the recent cold in the state of Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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    Bikas Das - AP
    A sadhu, or Hindu holy man, smokes marijuana at a transit camp to the Gangasagar, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The annual holy dip at Gangasagar, some 140 kilometer (87 miles) south of Kolkata, is scheduled on Jan. 14, on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti festival. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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    Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
    A young Indian girl gives coins to an elephant during a religious procession as part of the Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of Sangam during the Mahakumbh festival in January 2013, which falls every 12th year. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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    Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
    A man, dressed as Hindu Goddess Kali, participates in a religious procession towards the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, as part of the Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of Sangam during the Mahakumbh festival in January 2013, which falls every 12th year. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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    Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
    Naga Sadhus, or naked Hindu holy men of the Anand Akhada group, participate in a religious procession towards the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, as part of the Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of Sangam during the Mahakumbh festival in January 2013, which falls every 12th year. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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    Rashtriya Swayamsevek Sangh (RSS) or the National Volunteers Corps, workers participate in a convention in Indore, India, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Hardline Hindu organization RSS is the parent organization of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. (AP Photo)
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    Anupam Nath - AP
    Indians wearing traditional Assamese attire play the khol, a traditional percussion instrument of Assam, as they participate in an attempt to create a Guinness record, in Titabar, about 350 kilometers (219 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. A total of 14,833 people participated in the event which has already created an Indian record, according to officials. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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    Nasser Shiyoukhi - AP
    A Christian Orthodox priest takes part in a prayer in the Nativity Church, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on Jan. 7. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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    Oded Balilty - AP
    Israelis walk past an election campaign billboard of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Jan. 22, 2013. Hebrew on the billboards reads, " Strong Prime Minister strong Israel." (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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    Andoni Lubaki - AP
    A Free Syrian Army fighter feeds a cat bread in the old city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The revolution against Syrian President Bashar Assad that began in March 2011, started with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations recent estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
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    HOPD - AP
    In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday outlined a new peace initiative that includes a national reconciliation conference and a new government and constitution but demanded regional and Western countries stop funding and arming rebels first. (AP Photo/SANA)
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    Andoni Lubaki - AP
    Syrian men leave the old city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The revolution against Syrian President Bashar Assad that began in March 2011, started with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations recent estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
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    Ben Curtis - AP
    The thurifer swings the thurible of incense as he leads the procession out of the Notre Dame Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at the end of the morning mass in Bangui, Central African Republic Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Rebels in Central African Republic seized control of another town on Saturday, just days before they are to begin negotiations with the government, casting doubt on the possible success of the talks. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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    Niranjan Shrestha - AP
    Nepalese porters stand in the sun to keep warm during a winter morning in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The temperature in the Kathmandu Valley was recorded at its lowest of 0.7 degree Celsius (33 degrees Fahrenheit) for this year on Sunday morning, according to news reports. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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    Amel Emric - AP
    Bosnian Serb praying in front of the holy icon before a ceremony of burning dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas eve, during the Christmas Eve ceremony, in front of Orthodox Church in Tuzla, 70 kms north of Sarajevo, late night Sunday, Jan. 06, 2013.Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in Eastern Orthodox churches that use the Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
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    Kirsty Wigglesworth - AP
    In celebration of Twelfth Night, marking the end of the twelve days of winter festivities, actors representing Saturn, right, and The Holly Man act in a free performance by The Bankside Mummers on the Bankside, near Shakespeare’s Globe, in London, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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    Kirsty Wigglesworth - AP
    In celebration of Twelfth Night, marking the end of the twelve days of winter festivities, an actor representing Saturn holds flares in a free performance by The Bankside Mummers on the Bankside, near Shakespeare’s Globe, in London, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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    Ben Margot - AP
    Clouds pass over the Golden Gate bridge as ships pass beneath it as a new storm front approaches the Bay Area Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, as seen from Treasure Island in San Francisco. The National Weather Service says thunderstorms were in the forecast Sunday for the San Mateo and Monterey County coasts, with lightning strikes reported early Sunday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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    Jens Meyer - AP
    Participants shoot during the men's 12.5 km pursuit competition at the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof, Germany, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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    Jens Koehler - AP
    Army trucks drive on highway A20 near Vietow , eastern Germany on their way to Luebeck-Travemuende harbour, Sunday Jan. 6, 2013. Patriot missile batteries were being prepared for shipment from Germany to Turkey on Sunday as part of efforts meant to protect the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) ally from potential Syrian warheads. The US, Germany and the Netherlands are each deploying two batteries of the US-built defence system to boost Turkey's air defences against any spillover from Syria's nearly two-year civil war (AP Photo/dapd/Jens Koehler)
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    BORIS GRDANOSKI - AP
    Fishermen set a net in Dojran Lake in southeastern Macedonia, on Sunday Jan. 6, 2013. A strong wind from North will bring clear and cold weather for the next few days in this Balkan's country. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
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    Oded Balilty - AP
    An Israeli ultra-orthodox Jewish man walks past an election campaign billboard of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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    Mikhail Klimentyev - AP
    French actor Gerard Depardieu, left, greets Russian President Vladimir Putin after his arrival late Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at the president's residence in Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Depardieu has received a Russian passport after flying to Russia for a late night dinner with Putin. Depardieu sought Russian citizenship as part of his battle against a proposed super tax on millionaires in France, and Putin granted his request last week. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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    Andoni Lubaki - AP
    Men make bread at a bakery in the old city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The revolution against Syrian President Bashar Assad that began in March 2011, started with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations recent estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
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    Andoni Lubaki - AP
    A Syrian man rides his bicycle past damaged buildings due to shelling in the old city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The revolution against Syrian President Bashar Assad that began in March 2011, started with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations recent estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
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    Michael Heinz - AP
    Firefighters from 22 area department battle a blaze at the Industrial Pallet Corp., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2012, near Clarks Hill, Ind. Firefighters from Tippecanoe and Clinton counties responded with ladder, tower and tanker trucks and about 100 area firefighters. (AP Photo/The Journal & Courier, Michael Heinz)
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    Mike Spencer - AP
    Sunset Park Elementary School First Grader Gabby Edwards, 6, Skypes with Castle Hayne Elementary School Kindergartener Lucy Congema, 6, during class at Sunset Park Elementary school Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, in Wilmington N.C. Sunset Park Elementary school first grade teacher Tina Boyer-Clauer and Castle Hayne Elementary School Kindergarten teacher Tamara Williams teamed up so their students can read books to one another over Skype. (AP PHOTO/THE STAR-NEWS, Mike Spencer)
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    Victor R. Caivano - AP
    Lukasz Laskawiec of Poland races his quad during the 2nd stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally in Pisco, Peru, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The race finishes in Santiago, Chile, on Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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    Andres Kudacki - AP
    A couple walks though a construction site which has been on hold for more than a year in Madrid, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The number of people registered as unemployed in Spain has gone down, bringing some cheer as the country looks to emerge from recession in 2013. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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    Apichart Weerawong - AP
    Seized rhino horns are shown with alleged Vietnamese smuggler Pham Quang Loc, 56, left, with Thai Customs Official Uaychai Kultipmontri, right, during a news conference at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Thai Customs officials seized more than half a million US dollars worth of rhino horn hidden inside a souvenir hippo and arrested passenger Pham Quang Loc at the airport earlier Sunday, on arrival in Thailand from Ethiopia. Sign below reads: Suvarnabhumi passenger control customs bureau. (AP Phoro/Apichart Weerawong)
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    Lennart Preiss - AP
    Participants speed down the track on their wooden sledges during the traditional race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , southern Germany, Sunday Jan. 6. 2013. In former times the mountain farmers used the sledges as means of transport. (AP Photo/dapd/ Lennart Preiss)
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    Graham Hughes - AP
    Fans attend a youth hockey game at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, on the day when NHL and the players' union reached a tentative deal to end the NHL lockout. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)
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    Kathy Willens - AP
    Jory Markiss, of Longmont, Colo., flies off the bull "Tapout" during the seventh annual Professional Bull Riders Invitational finals at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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    Stephen M. Katz - AP
    A humpback whale breaches with the Virginia Beach oceanfront in the background during Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, afternoon's Winter Wildlife Boat Trip aboard the Rudee Flipper and put on by The Virginia Aquarium. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Stephen M. Katz)
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    Stephen M. Katz - AP
    A humpback whale fluke during Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, afternoon's Winter Wildlife Boat Trip aboard the Rudee Flipper and put on by The Virginia Aquarium. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Stephen M. Katz)
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    Mark J. Terrill - AP
    Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, left, and forward Blake Griffin, right, playfully shine the head of forward Lamar Odom as they sit on the bench during the second half of their NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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