An Iranian couple enjoy their time at the Tochal mountainous area, at the northern part of the capital of Tehran, Iran, two days prior to parliamentary runoff elections. The runoff elections will be held for 65 parliamentary seats on May 4, as 225 were decided in elections on March 2 in which conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed control of the house.
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Architect of Pakistan’s nuclear program Abdul Qadeer Khan, second from right, who allegedly leaked atomic weapons secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya, gestures as he leaves the Punjab University in Lahore, Pakistan. Khan was invited by the PU administration to address students, faculty members and employees of the university.
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Moldovan children ride their bikes past an old Soviet motorcycle with a sidecar in the village of Vadul Lui Voda, Moldova. Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe.
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Investigators look over a vehicle that crashed and rolled following a pursuit by U.S. Border Patrol agents early in Casa Grande, Ariz. A Dodge Durango packed with suspected illegal immigrants hit a wall and rolled into the yard of a home in Casa Grande at about 1 a.m., police spokesman officer Thomas Anderson said. Officers found three people dead at the scene, and a fourth died after being airlifted to a hospital in Phoenix. Five of the injured were hurt badly enough to also be flown to Phoenix hospitals, while two with lesser injuries were taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital.
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Catholic clergy members arrive at Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield, Pa. Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests have been called to a sudden meeting with their archbishop, as 23 priests suspended over sex-abuse allegations await their fate. Archbishop Charles Chaput has said he hoped to announce the outcome of the latest priest-abuse investigations this spring.
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Hamond, Ind., Police escort the body of Army Staff Sgt. David Nowaczyk in Dyer, Ind. Nowaczyk, originally from Dyer, was killed on his third deployment to Afghanistan. He died April 15 of wounds from an improvised explosive device attack.
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In this Jan. 10, 2010 file photo, New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau (55) warms up on the field before an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Foxborough, Mass. Police say Seau, a former NFL star, was found dead at his home in Oceanside, Calif. after responding to a shooting there. He was 43.
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Cheri Young, the wife of Andrew Young, ex-aide to John Edwards, smiles as she enters the Federal Courthouse in Greensboro, N.C. Young is expected to retake the witness stand for a second day of testimony in the Edwards trial. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to charges related to nearly $1 million solicited from two wealthy campaign supporters used to help hide the married Democrat’s pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008.
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Charlotte police examine a banner that has just been removed after several people climbed on the side of Bank of America Stadium at daybreak and hung the 70-foot banner, in a protest aimed at Bank of America and the Obama administration, in Charlotte, N.C. Rainforest Action Network said it was responsible for hanging the banner, which carried the words “Bank of Coal.” in Charlotte, N.C.
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People watch current President ad conservative candidate for re-election Nicolas Sarkozy during the televised debate with Socialist Party rival Francois Hollande in a cafe in Paris, France. The prime-time debate between conservative incumbent Sarkozy and his leftist challenger Hollande is billed in newspaper headlines Wednesday as “The Last Duel” and “The Final Confrontation,” providing a sense of suspense in a campaign that, if polls are right, has lacked it from the beginning.
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In this photograph provided by Breitling, Yves Rossy, known as the Jetman, flies past Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado Mountain during a successful flight over Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The Swiss aviator dropped from a helicopter and deployed a Jet powered carbon-kevlar Jetwing, which he uses his body to steer, as he flew over the city before landing on Copacabana beach.
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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, accompanied by his wife Callista, and others, goes over his speech backstage before announcing that he is suspending his presidential campaign.
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Actress Scarlett Johansson poses for photographers after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
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