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A woman along with other protesters hold a placard and chant "Free Goto" during a rally outside the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. A Japanese envoy in Jordan expressed hope that both a Japanese hostage and a Jordanian pilot held by Islamic militants will return home &#8220;with a smile on their faces,&#8221; as criticisms mounted Tuesday over the government&#8217;s handling of the crisis. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Purported Islamic State message: Japan, Jordan hostages less than ‘24 hours left to live’

By Zeina Karam and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

All children, regardless of the zip code they were born in, should have access to the opportunities afforded by a great education. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

DAVE LAROCK: School choice means better learning outcomes

By Dave LaRock

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Saddam Hussein’s daughter, Raghad, selling jewelry inspired by the ‘Butcher of Baghdad’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Iraqi Christians pray during New Year's mass at the Chaldean Mar Gorges Church in Baghdad, Iraq. In Iraq's war-scarred capital, authorities closed commercial streets to vehicles in the city's center as a precaution against possible suicide bombings by militants of the Islamic State terror. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi Christians: There’s no going home after rise of Islamic State

By Kevin J. Jones - Catholic News Agency

Friends and relatives of Mu'ath Safi al-Kaseasbeh, a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State group, gather in the town of Aey near Al Karak in southern Jordan, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. Islamic State militants captured the Jordanian pilot after his warplane crashed in Syria while conducting airstrikes Wednesday, the first foreign military member to fall into the extremists' hands since an international coalition launched its bombing campaign against the group months ago. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Father of pilot captured by Islamic State pleads for release

By Omar Akour and Diaa Hadid - Associated Press

This image posted by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a militant extremist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the Islamic State group with a captured pilot, center, wearing a white shirt in Raqqa, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. Activists say that Islamic State fighters have shot down a warplane believed to be from the U.S.-led coalition over Syria. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group)

Islamic State captures Jordanian pilot in Syria after crash

By Omar Akour and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Letter exchange brings hope to students near, far

By Dianne Frances D. Powell - Associated Press

In this March 18, 2013, file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video, File)

Rebels push forward in southern Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, right, meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II at The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, Rancho Mirage, Calif., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

King Abdullah of Jordan to visit White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 2, 2014 photo, the Rev. Laura Truax preaches at a morning service at Lasalle Street Church in Chicago. In September, members and regulars at the church each received $500 checks from the church with the instruction that they were to do what they felt called to do with the money, which represented 10 percent of the profit from the sale of some land the church co-owned. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

Church members each get $500 to do good for world

By Sharon Cohen - Associated Press

King Abdullah II of Jordan (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Jordan arrests Muslim Brotherhood official for criticizing UAE

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev is pictured in east Jerusalem in 2009, with the Shuafat refugee camp in the background and Israel's separation barrier running between them. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) FILE

Israel lifts Muslim age limits for Jerusalem site

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. Netanyahu told parliament Monday that &#8220;the French build in Paris, the English build in London and the Israelis build in Jerusalem.&#8221; The government is currently advancing construction plans to build about 1,000 housing units in east Jerusalem. The Palestinians seek east Jerusalem as their future capital and oppose any Israeli construction there. The international community, including the United States, does not recognize Israel's annexation of the eastern sector of Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel approves 200 new homes in east Jerusalem

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Newlyweds get blessing from the pope

By MICHELLE BROOKS - Associated Press