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    Kirsty Wigglesworth - AP
    Children react as a carnivorous theropod known as the Australovenator dinosaur walks through crowds along the Southbank, in London, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The dinosaur is one of many that can be visited at the Erth's Dinosaur Petting Zoo, visiting from Australia, the creatures can be touched and fed at the Southbank Centre. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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    Fernando Vergara - AP
    A 15-day-old night monkey is feed by a veterinarian at a temporary shelter west of Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Sponsored by Bogota's Ministry of Environment, the shelter receives between 3,000 and 3,500 wild animals a year; some seized from poachers and others found hurt. An estimated $560,000 U.S. dollars are spent in the recovery and care of these animals. Seventy percent of rescued animals are reintroduced to their habitat and the remaining 30% are sent to zoos around the country. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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    Toby Talbot - AP
    In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 photo, 18 different grades of maple syrup are displayed in East Montpelier, Vt. Vermont lawmakers are considering whether to drop the state's traditional maple labeling system in favor of an international one. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
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    Manish Swarup - AP
    Indian school children perform Surya Namaskar or Sun salutation during a function to mark 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Hundreds of school children across India performed Surya Namaskar, a Yoga posture which comprises 12 different bodily postures that ought to be performed in particular sequence. Swami Vivekananda, an Indian Hindu monk, who spread the message of India's spiritual heritage across the world. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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    Kamran Jebreili - AP
    Marion Bartoli of France returns the ball to Karla Zakopalova of Czech Republic during the first day of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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    Mohammad Hannon - AP
    Libyans release a lantern in the air at Nasr Square, during the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Benghazi, Libya, Sunday, Feb, 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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    Manu Brabo - AP
    A Syrian refugee woman is seen between a line of tents in a refugee camp near Azaz, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Sunday, Feb 17, 2013. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)
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    Manu Brabo - AP
    Syrian men are seen in a makeshift barber shop in a refugee camp near Azaz, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)
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    Will Lester - AP
    Top Fuel driver Antron Brown's dragster bursts into flames after crashing in the second round of eliminations at the NHRA Winternationals auto racing event, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Pomona, Calif. Brown walked away from the fiery crash with only minor injuries. (AP Photo/The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Will Lester) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT
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    Arshad Butt - AP
    Pakistani Shiite Muslims sit in protest next to the dead bodies of their family members killed in Saturday's bombing, in Quetta on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The protesters have refused to bury victims of the attack until authorities take action against the militants who were responsible. Writing on shrouds reads, "We are ready Hussain." (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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    Muhammed Muheisen - AP
    An elderly Pakistani man holds a banner while taking part in a protest condemning the bombing attack that took place in Quetta last Saturday, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The families of scores of victims of the bombing in Quetta have refused to bury their relatives until authorities take action against the militants who were responsible. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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    Sohail Iqbal - AP
    A Pakistani police officer grieves outside a hospital over the deaths of his colleagues killed in a bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Feb 18, 2013. Militants wearing suicide vests and disguised as policemen attacked the office of a senior political official in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing several people, police and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Sohail Iqbal)
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    Paul White - AP
    A long line of taxis wait for passengers at Barajas international airport in Madrid, Spain, Monday Feb. 18, 2013. Flights were disrupted Monday as workers at Iberia airlines began the first of 15-days of strikes to protest the company's plan to cut almost a fifth of its workforce. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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    Daniel Ochoa de Olza - AP
    A model displays an Autumn/Winter design by Francis Montesinos during Madrid's Fashion Week, in Madrid, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)
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    Clint Hughes - AP
    Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic, right, and Reading's Gareth McCleary, left, battle for the ball during their English FA Cup fifth round soccer match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, Monday Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Clint Hughes)
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    Rahmat Gul - AP
    An Afghan child plays on the barrel of a Soviet tank in the Behsood district of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb 18, 2013. Despite being a mineral-rich country, four decades of war have left Afghanistan as one of the least developed countries in the world and highly dependent on foreign aid. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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    David Vincent - AP
    The French father who wants visiting rights with his young son is spending a fourth day atop a crane in protest, Monday, Feb,18, 2013. The man, Serge Charnay, wants France to strengthen its law on shared custody. He was convicted of taking his son on an unauthorized vacation for two months in 2011, and said he regretted nothing because “if I hadn't I wouldn't have seen him.” Benner reads: "Benoit (his son) 2 years without his Dad." (AP Photo/David Vincent)
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    Frederic Larson - AP
    A boogie boarder rides a wave on the Banzai Pipeline off Ehukai Beach Park on the North Shore of O'ahu, Hawaii, on Monday Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Frederic Larson)
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    Anupam Nath - AP
    An Indian woman removes weed from a paddy field in Burha Mayong, Assam state, India, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Many millions of Indians earn their livelihood from agriculture. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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    Jerome Delay - AP
    In sharp contrast with most mud homes found in Gao, a luxury house once occupied by reputed drug traffickers turned finance operatives for rebel jihadists seen through a broken window in Gao, northern Mali, Monday Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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    Jon Garcia - AP
    Mark Horsley of Branch, Mich., does a can opener into the icy waters of Muskegon Lake Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 during the 2013 Muskegon Polar Plunge. People jumped into the lake to raise money for the Special Olympics. Most of the participants dressed up for the occasion. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Jon Garcia) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
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    Ted Richardson - AP
    Ann McCrory listens to her husband, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, deliver the State of the State address at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson)
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    Jason Fochtman - AP
    Northwestern Trailriders Association member Jose Velasco tends to horses during a lunch break off FM 1488 in Magnolia, Texas, on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The Northwestern group started in Dobbin, Texas, and plans to meet several trail riding groups in Hempstead, Texas, on Saturday for a parade in celebration of their week-long trip. (AP Photo/ The Courier, Jason Fochtman)
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    Shakil Adil - AP
    A Pakistani Shiite woman mourns the deaths of her fellow Muslims who were killed in a bombing on Saturday in Quetta, at a rally to condemn violence against Shiites, in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The families of scores of victims of the bombing in Quetta have refused to bury their relatives until authorities take action against the militants who were responsible. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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    Richard Vogel - AP
    George Washington Presidential presenter C. Roger Cooper welcomes a young visitor during the Presidents Day celebration at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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    Rachel Denny Clow - AP
    Chris and Megan Waters get married in the mouth of a paper-mache shark at Palace Beachwear and Gifts in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The couple said the wedding was a chance for them to do something just for them. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Rachel Denny Clow)
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    Str - AP
    Journalists camp outside the police station in Brooklyn, east of Pretoria, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 where athlete, Oscar Pistorius spent a fifth day in custody charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius faces a bail hearing in court tomorrow on the same day that Steenkamp is to be cremated in her home town Port Elizabeth on the east coast. (AP Photo)
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    Danny Johnston - AP
    Super Ninety Nine and jockey Rafael Bejarano, far right, pull away from the field on the stretch on the way to winning the $300,000 Southwest Stakes horse race in Hot Springs, Ark., Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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    Fernando Llano - AP
    A woman shows a tattoo depicting Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during a celebration marking his return to his country at Bolivar square in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, his government said, triggering street celebrations by supporters who welcomed him home while he remained out of sight at Caracas' military hospital. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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    Fernando Llano - AP
    A supporter of Venezuela' s President Hugo Chavez holds up a sign that reads in Spanish "Love with love my president" as she attends a celebration marking his return to his country at Bolivar square in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, his government said, triggering street celebrations by supporters who welcomed him home while he remained out of sight at Caracas' military hospital. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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    Jeff Siner - jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
    Artist Motoi Yamamoto works on his latest saltwork in the Robert Haywood Morrison Atrium at the Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte, NC on Monday, February 18, 2013. Yamamoto is creating the temporary large-scale work out of salt entitled Floating Garden in the buildings atrium from February 18th through March 1st. Jeff Siner - jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
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    Fernando Llano - AP
    An inflatable doll depicting Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez sits in front of Venezuela's National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of medical treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, and was being treated at the Caracas' military hospital, his government said. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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    Fernando Llano - AP
    A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez attends a celebration marking the leader's return, in Bolivar Square, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The woman holds a cutout image of Chavez along with a Saint Judas statue and a note that reads in Spanish: "Thank you St. Judas," because she believes her prayers to the Catholic saint helped in the return of the ailing president. Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of medical treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, and was being treated at the Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital in Caracas, his government said. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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    Fernando Llano - AP
    A woman holds a painting of President Hugo Chavez as supporters gather around Bolivar square after his return to the country in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of medical treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery. The government didn't offer an explanation as to why Chavez made his surprise return while he is undergoing other treatments that have not been specified.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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    Kevin Frayer - AP
    In this combination of ten photos taken Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, Hindu holy men are seen before, top, and after , bottom, they had their heads and faces shaved as part of an initiation ritual where they were to become Naga Sadhus, or naked holy men, at the Maha Kumbh Festival at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India. The initiation of new Naga Sadhus can only be performed at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, which occurs once every twelve years and sees millions of devotees converging on the northern Indian city. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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    Eraldo Peres - AP
    Women bathe in mud in a presentation for the inauguration of the National Meeting of Rural Women, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The four-day event aims to discuss the issues of violence against women and exploitation of women in rural areas. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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