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In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, damaged cars are seen in Luozehe town, Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing dozens of people with the toll expected to rise. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhou Hongpeng)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin flies in a motorized hang glider alongside two Siberian white cranes on Siberia’s Yamal Peninsula. His flight was part of an effort to teach the endangered birds, raised in captivity, to follow the craft to their southern migration route to Central Asia. (Associated Press)
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A river cruise offers views of mansions along the Neckar River in Heidelberg, Germany. (Associated Press)
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In the Pakistani tribal regions, such as South Waziristan, that harbor al Qaeda and other jihadist groups, militants from Central Asia, China, Turkey and even Germany are growing in number, eclipsing Arabs, say intelligence officials, analysts and residents of the region. (Associated Press)
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Unit 317 at the Oronoco features a center-island kitchen that is open to the living and dining areas. The home has 2,918 square feet and is priced from $2,245,000.
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EYA is building 60 condominium homes at the Oronoco in Alexandria. The homes have approximately 1,549 to 3,511 finished square feet, with base prices from $945,000 to $3,995,000.
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North Carolina delegate Vani Hari, who is staging a one-woman protest that the Obama administration has not addressed the issue of genetically modified crops, is interviewed at the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)
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North Carolina delegate Vani Hari is staging a one-woman protest of the Obama administration’s lack of action on food labels that include what genetically modified organisms were used. “Every American needs to know that 90 percent of the processed foods they eat are genetically modified,” she says. (Barbara L. Salisbury/ The Washington Times)
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Pierre Garcon, with the Indianapolis Colts in February 2010, wore a Haitian flag and used Super Bowl Media Day as an opportunity to raise awareness of the plight of the earthquake victims. (Associated Press)
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Pierre Garcon took swift action in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake that rocked Haiti. He created a charity as a means of channeling resources directly to the people and remains active in helping the island nation rebuild. (Associated Press)
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Voyager 1 hurtles toward the outer limits of the solar system, 11 million miles from its launch pad, and still is sending information back to Earth. (NASA via Associated Press)
