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** FILE ** Cuban ladies smoke the country's famous cigars. (AP Photo)

Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan 6, 2004, Chinese men share a newspaper outside a Bank of China branch in Guangzhou, southeastern China Guangdong province. One of China's biggest banks said Tuesday, May 7, 2013, that it has halted business with the Foreign Trade Bank of North Korea. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China cuts off North Korean bank, adding to pressure on Pyongyang

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Thomas Rabe, right, places a wedding ring on Robert Coffman's finger during a marriage ceremony at City Hall in Baltimore, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Delaware Senate poised to vote on gay marriage

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama waves as he leaves the White House in Washington on his way to Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday, May 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Obama back on tour to tout jobs

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A helicopter makes a water drop on flames as a wildfire burns along a hillside in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. A Ventura County Fire Department spokeswoman said the blaze that broke out Thursday morning near Camarillo and Thousand Oaks, 50 miles west of Los Angeles, had spread to over 6,500 acres, forcing evacuations of nearby neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

California wildfires scorch thousands of acres as fearful residents flee

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Flames and smoke rise from chemical storage tanks near a strawberry farm in Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Wildfires rage on California coast, destroying homes, exploding machinery

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

60-plus miners killed in Darfur gold mine collapse

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Aurora, Colo., theater shooting suspect James Holmes and defense attorney Tamara Brady sit in the courtroom during his arraignment in Centennial, Colo., on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (Associated Press/Denver Post)

Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes’ attorneys mull insanity plea over client’s objections

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, and newly named President Xi Jinping clap during a plenary session of the National People's Congress held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, in China, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China flaunts U.N. sanctions against North Korea

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses military officers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

CIA slipped millions to Hamid Karzai’s offices to buy influence: Report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Pope Francis salutes as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Syrian bishops who warned of religious intolerance kidnapped

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Italy seizes 22 tons of cannabis on ship off coast of Sicily

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Muslim women pilgrims make their way to throw cast stones at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat," the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina near the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 6, 2011. (Associated Press)

Saudi Arabia cracks down on illegal immigrants

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This image from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows a giant African snail with an albino shell. (Courtesy of the USDA)

Rat-size snails with appetite for stucco wreak havoc in Florida towns

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The wreckage of a Lion Air Boeing 737-800 sits in the ocean near the airport in Bali, Indonesia, on Sunday, April 14, 2013. All 108 passengers and crew survived after the new aircraft crashed into the ocean and snapped into two while attempting to land Saturday on the Indonesian resort island. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

FAA orders tail plane inspection for 1,050 Boeings

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the victory sign as he attends the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

U.S. slaps penalties on Iran sanction violators

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this June 28, 2011, file photo, then-Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad offers resignation amid tensions with president

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. singer Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, right, tour Old Havana as a body guard, left, and tour guide, right, accompany them in Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. R&B power couple is in Havana on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Feds approved Beyonce, Jay-Z trip to Cuba, report says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Kim Jong-un inspects North Korea troops in this government photo.

Evacuate embassies: North Korea asks Russian diplomats, others to get out now

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** A campaign placard for Proposition 102, defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman, is set up at an intersection on Oct. 10, 2008, in Phoenix. (Associated Press)

Arizona town OKs gay unions despite state threats

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times