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Posted: 5/20/2013 12:52:55 PM EST
FILE -- In this Thursday Sept. 29, 2011 file photo, Jordanian journalists protest in front the Jordanian House of Parliament, symbolically wearing tape over their mouths, as they protest over proposed changes to the anti-corruption law they believe will muzzle press freedoms, in Amman, Jordan. Jordan’s prime minister Abdullah Ensour told a meeting of the Geneva-based International Press Institute (IPI) that Jordan has “come a long way” in improving both legislation governing press freedoms and the standards of a national media still reeling under long years of state censorship. Nidal Mansour, head of the Amman-based Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists --IPI’s hosting partner -- said that the press law enacted last year was designed to muzzle press freedoms. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:45:15 PM EST
Illinois Sen. William Haine, D-Alton, argues medical marijuana legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Friday, May 17, 2013, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:45:15 PM EST
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, listens to lawmakers debate medical marijuana legislation on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Friday, May 17, 2013, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:45:15 PM EST
Illinois Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, argues medical marijuana legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Friday, May 17, 2013, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:45:15 PM EST
Illinois Sen. William Haine, D-Alton, argues medical marijuana legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Friday, May 17, 2013, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 8:34:04 AM EST
People reach out for fresh produce distributed by Greek street fruit and vegetable market vendors during a protest in Athens, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The union of Greek farmers markets went on strike, Wednesday, as protesters set up stands and started distributing vegetables to a fast growing crowd. The market vendors are the latest professional group in Greece to protest a sweeping market liberalization drive demanded by rescue creditors, and timed their protest to draft legislation due to be voted in parliament to implement the new guidelines. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 9:45:50 AM EST
People collect onions distributed by Greek street fruit and vegetable market vendors during a protest in Athens, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The union of Greek farmers markets went on strike, Wednesday, as protesters set up stands and started distributing vegetables to a fast growing crowd. The market vendors are the latest professional group in Greece to protest a sweeping market liberalization drive demanded by rescue creditors, and timed their protest to draft legislation due to be voted in parliament to implement the new guidelines. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 9:45:50 AM EST
People push each other to get fresh produce as Greek market vendors hand out free food during a protest in Athens, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, as the union of Greek farmers markets went on strike Wednesday. Protesters set up stands and started distributing vegetables to a fast growing crowd. The market vendors are the latest professional group in Greece to protest a sweeping market liberalization drive demanded by rescue creditors, and timed their protest to coincide with draft legislation due to be voted in parliament to implement the new guidelines.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 6:20:34 AM EST
Workers participate in the construction of an office tower in the business district of La Defense, west of Paris, Tuesday May 14, 2013. President Francois Hollande has promoted a bill as one of his administration's signature pieces of legislation designed to overhaul the country's notoriously hidebound labor market. It includes measures such as making it easier for workers to change jobs and for companies to fire employees.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Posted: 5/14/2013 5:18:23 PM EST
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn speaks during a news conference to announce the legislation to increase the minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21 at City Hall in New York April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Posted: 5/14/2013 4:59:10 PM EST
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn speaks during a news conference to announce the legislation to increase the minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21 at City Hall in New York April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Posted: 5/13/2013 11:14:55 PM EST
Senate Pro Tem John Campbell listens to debate in the Senate on Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Montpelier, Vt. The day after the Vermont Senate passed legislation allowing doctors to provide lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it, it gave backers of the bill a scare. Word spread through the Statehouse Thursday afternoon that Sen. Robert Hartwell, a key swing vote on the question, was asking for reconsideration of the vote to support the bill, in which Hartwell was in the majority on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
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Posted: 5/13/2013 5:57:24 PM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. High-tech companies looking for an immigration bill to solve their shortages of workers skilled in mathematics and science press for more concessions this week through Hatch. Democrats desperately need his support to give the legislation a chance. Some liberal Democrats, however, say the bill already gives too much to Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 5/10/2013 3:00:24 PM EST
In this undated image made from video released by the producers of "Awel el Kheit" or "the Thread" which airs on the private TV station ONTV, a group of young men harass three girls in Cairo, Egypt, during a segment of an investigative story on sexual harassment. While not new to Egypt’s conservative society, sexual harassment has grown increasingly violent and visible in the nation, which has an embattled police force and an absence of legislation to address it. Egyptian law defines and criminalizes assault, but not sexual harassment.(AP Photo)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 7:13:22 PM EST
Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to lawmakers during a House Committee hearing on pension legislation at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 7:13:22 PM EST
Illinois Sen. Matt Murphy, R-Palatine, argues pension legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Springfield Ill. The Illinois Senate has approved a union-supported pension reform bill. But the measure faces an uncertain future in the House, where lawmakers passed a competing proposal last week. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 7:13:22 PM EST
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, argues pension legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Springfield Ill. The Illinois Senate has approved a union-supported pension reform bill. But the measure faces an uncertain future in the House, where lawmakers passed a competing proposal last week. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Posted: 5/8/2013 7:49:33 AM EST
The helmet of a member of the Household Cavalry regiment, left, obscures his face as he struggles to keep control of his horse before Britain's Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace in her Irish State Coach, to deliver her speech at the State Opening of Parliament in London, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The British government says it will announce legislation to tighten immigration rules, reform pensions and reduce red tape for business when it lays out its legislative plans for the next year. The measures will be announced by Queen Elizabeth II during the pageant of power, pomp and politics known as the State Opening of Parliament. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Posted: 5/8/2013 6:44:02 AM EST
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace in the Irish State Coach, to deliver her speech at the State Opening of Parliament in London, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The British government says it will announce legislation to tighten immigration rules, reform pensions and reduce red tape for business when it lays out its legislative plans for the next year. The measures will be announced by Queen Elizabeth II during the pageant of power, pomp and politics known as the State Opening of Parliament. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Posted: 5/8/2013 6:44:01 AM EST
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace in the Irish State Coach, to deliver her speech at the State Opening of Parliament in London, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The British government says it will announce legislation to tighten immigration rules, reform pensions and reduce red tape for business when it lays out its legislative plans for the next year. The measures will be announced by Queen Elizabeth II during the pageant of power, pomp and politics known as the State Opening of Parliament. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
