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Year of the Dragon Arrives - Millions of Asians around the world rang in the Lunar New Year this week with hopes that the Year of the Dragon will bring the wealth and power it is believed to represent.(Photo: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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Devastating Floods Hit Mozambique - After a powerful storm hit Mozambique this week, some 4,000 are left homeless as flooding waters sweep through the southern African nation.(Photo: REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg)

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Israel Seeks To End Ancient African Jewish Custom - Nearly three decades after Israel began airlifting Ethiopia's ancient Jewish community out of the Horn of Africa, Israel's rabbis are now working to phase out the community's white-turbaned clergy, the kessoch, whose unusual religious practices are at odds with the rabbinate's Orthodox Judaism.  (Photo: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Appointed Cultural Ambassador by Hillary Clinton - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the all-time greats of American basketball, has been cast in a new role, having been named as an American cultural ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. In that capacity, Abdul-Jabbar will represent the United States abroad in an effort to engage young people to help promote democracy.  (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Charles Taylor Worked for CIA in Liberia - According to a Boston Globe report, U.S. authorities say former Liberian leader Charles Taylor worked for the CIA and other intelligence agencies. (Photo: AP Photo/George Osodi, Pool, File)

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U.K. Boosts Caribbean Aid - The Caribbean is to receive nearly $116.5 million in development projects from the United Kingdom over four years to help with job creation, to improve security and combat the threat posed by natural disasters and climate change. (Photo: AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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Malawian Women Protest Over "Trouser Attacks" - Hundreds protested in Blantyre, Malawi over a spate of increased attacks on women for wearing pants instead of traditional dress.Women in trousers were being beaten and stripped by vendors on the streets. (Photo: GOVATI NYIRENDA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Brazil Police Storm Slum Near Sao Paulo - Brazilian police stormed a sprawling settlement of landless workers near Sao Paulo in an attempt to reclaim the land.(Photo: REUTERS/Roosevelt Cassio)

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More Bodies Found Aboard Costa Concordia as Fuel Pumping to Start - As Italian authorities scheduled the pumping of fuel from the toppled cruise ship for later this week, rescue workers found the bodies of two women on the ship, bringing the death toll to 15. (Photo: Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images)

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South Sudan Shutting Down All Oil Production - South Sudan announced that it has taken the first steps toward halting oil production, signaling further escalation of its dispute with Sudan over oil revenue. Without its own set of oil pipelines to rely upon, South Sudan alleges that Sudan continues to steal southern oil that flows through its pipelines.    (Photo: REUTERS/Isaac Billy/United Nations)

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British Airways to Resume Flights to Libya Despite Fears - British Airways announced that it will resume flights to Libya in May after suspending service for 15 months amid unrest.The airline will provide three flights a week to the capital, Tripoli, following a "thorough security review" involving the government and the new Libyan authorities.(Photo: Courtesy British Airways)