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UNITED STATES PHOTO NEWS 
| Israelis to halt bomb attacks in Gaza Strip
Palestinians attend the funeral Wednesday of Ahmed Barhoum, 22, a Hamas activist who was killed earlier in the day by Israeli soldiers in Rafah, Gaza Strip. The flare-up in violence in the Gaza Strip could delay Israel´s planned withdrawal from the... | | | 
| Japan, China can lift Asia out of crisis
A man take lunch break next to last year's financial newspaper forecast of Chinese stock markets on display on a pavement in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday urged China and oil-rich Gulf states to fund the bulk of a major increase in the International Monetary Fund's bailout pot aimed at helping countries whose banking systems and currencies are being devastated by the global financial... | | | 
| Republicans aghast over Obama's plan
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a rally at Victory Landing Park in Newport News, Va.... | | | 
| Race claims as Senate bars tainted Governor Rod Blagojevich's choice Roland Burris
In this July 29, 2008 file photo, the dome of the Capitol in Washington is framed through summer foliage, in Washington. Two sitting U.S. senators _ neck-deep in the American political establishment _ are running for president as anti-Washington outsiders. Puzzling? Not if you're familiar with the classic Hollywood western _ the lone sheriff riding to the rescue of an outlaw-ridden frontier tow... | | | 
| Tighten police taser controls: lawyers
Items used with the Taser stun gun are displayed during a convention in Atlantic City, N.J., in this Friday, April 26, 2006 file photo. New Jersey is the only state where it is illegal for police to carry Tasers, the result of a 1989 law banning all stun weapons. A state lawmaker wants New Jersey police to be allowed to carry stun guns to subdue combative suspects, like officers in most other states... | | | 
| A return to De Gaulle's 'eternal China'
France´s President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a wel ... | | | 
| A check sheet for Obama's Taiwan test
Supporters of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou wave Taiwanese flags during a presidential election rally in Tainan, Taiwan, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Tens of thousands of Taiwanese waved banners and shouted political slogans Sunday, as the island's rival parties rallied support ahead of the March 22 presidential elections.... | | | 
| A high cost for more feet on the ground
Canadian soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are seen during a patrol in Arghandab district after it was recaptured by NATO and Afghan troops from Taliban militants last week in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June 25, 2008.... | | | 
| The smell of corruption
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, ahead of the central bank's meeting on interest rates and assessment of the country's financial and economic troubles. Stocks pulled well off their lows Tuesday as the financial sector partially recovered from Wall Street's worst session in years and as investors grew hopeful about a Federal Reserve interest rate cut. The Dow Jones industrial average traded in a wide range, sometimes dropping more than 100 after a 500-point slide on Mond... | | | 
| Japan gets a feel for Asian integration
A man checks time outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. The Nikkei Stock Average rose 2 percent in the morning trading.... | | | 
| Towards an inflationary twilight zone
President George W. Bush announces his nomination of Ben Bernanke, right, to replace Alan Greenspan, left, as Chairman of the Federal Reserve when Mr. Greenspan´s term expires in January. The announcement was made Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, in the Oval... | | | 
| Surging towards stalemate in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 8, 2008) -- Soldiers from A Company, 101st Division Special Troop Battalion air assault into a village inside Jowlzak valley, Parwan province, Afghanistan. Afghan National Police searched the village while Soldiers provided security and conducted key-leader engagements.... | | | 
| Richard Gere to Receive Joel Siegel Award Presented by Diane Lane at VH1's 14th Annual ...
Richard Gere... | | | 
| Obama picks Sanjay Gupta as US surgeon general
President-elect Obama, center, right, meets with his economic advisory team in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008.... | | | 
| Obama Promises Future Budget Restraint
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