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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 file photo, jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina is in a defendant's cage in a court room in the town of Berezniki, some 1500 km (940 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia. The imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot is going on hunger strike on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing. Alekhina was convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, last year, along with two other Pussy Riot band members for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov, file)
Paul McCartney writes in support of Pussy RiotPaul McCartney writes letters to Russian official in support of imprisoned Pussy Riot members
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waves as he disembarks from his plane at the airport in Kinshasa, Congo, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city. The U.N. Secretary-General arrived in Congo's capital far to the west for a two-day visit expected to take him to Goma, where a new U.N. military brigade is being formed to attack rebel groups and bring stability to the mineral-rich region.(AP Photo/John Bompengo)
UN chief arrives in Goma, CongoUN chief arrives in Goma, Congo a day after rockets strike city
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Czech police seek US man suspected of 4 murdersCzech police seek man from California suspected of murdering 4 in city of Brno
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US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquestParents of dead US man leave Singapore before end of inquest, hope Congress will investigate
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A TV crew reports the plunge of Japanese stocks in front of an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225, top center, nosedived 14,483.98, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slideStocks around the world take a battering after Japan's Nikkei tanks over 7 percent
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FILE - In this May 31, 2008 file photo, Min Bahadur Sherchan, who became the oldest person to climb Mount Everest on May 25, 2008 smiles on his arrival in Katmandu, Nepal. Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit of Mount Everest five years ago is back on the mountain to make another attempt at the title. Unfortunately for Miura, Sherchan, the slightly older man who nabbed the record a day before he could in 2008 is fast on his heels. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi, File)
Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest80-year-old Japanese man becomes the oldest climber to reach summit of Mount Everest
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Investigators stand outside an apartment complex where a man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed his home early Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspectMan killed in Fla. by FBI shares similar background to deceased Boston bombing suspect
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Miami Heat small forward LeBron James (6) scores the winning basket as Indiana Pacers forwards Paul George (24) Sam Young (4) defend during overtime in Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in Miami. The Heat won 103-102. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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This Wednesday, May 22, 2013 aerial photo shows the Renwick Dam, west of Cavalier N.D., in Pembina County. The dam that threatened to give way and flood a North Dakota town was holding back the water on Wednesday, though the 1,300 residents of Cavalier were still being told to stay away from their homes. (AP Photo/The Grand Forks Herald, Eric Hylden)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United States and Israel are raising hopes for a restart of the Middle East peace process after more than four years of hardly any talks. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)
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FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies. The move reflects the global fragmentation of al-Qaida’s top leaders as the U.S. tries to safeguard against attacks like last month’s deadly Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 file photo, jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina is in a defendant's cage in a court room in the town of Berezniki, some 1500 km (940 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia. The imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot is going on hunger strike on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing. Alekhina was convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, last year, along with two other Pussy Riot band members for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov, file)
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A TV crew reports the plunge of Japanese stocks in front of an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225, top center, nosedived 14,483.98, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Miami Heat forward LeBron James slips during the first quarter of Game 1 in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Indiana Pacers against the Miami Heat in Miami on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Miami Herald, C.W. Griffin)

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