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Posted: 5/17/2013 5:08:35 PM EST
Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach, of Madison, Wisc., gets a kiss from Casey, a four-year-old yellow labrador that he worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, as the two are reunited during a surprise ceremony, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Gundlach thought he was traveling to the Iowa Capitol to tell state officials why he should take ownership of the dog, which has been working for the state fire marshal's office. Gundlach didn't realize officials already had made arrangements to get another dog for explosives detection. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 5:08:35 PM EST
Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach, of Madison, Wisc., gets a kiss from Casey, a four-year-old yellow labrador that he worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, as the two are reunited during a surprise ceremony, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Gundlach thought he was traveling to the Iowa Capitol to tell state officials why he should take ownership of the dog, which has been working for the state fire marshal's office. Gundlach didn't realize officials already had made arrangements to get another dog for explosives detection. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 5:08:35 PM EST
Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach, of Madison, Wisc., sits with Casey, a four-year-old yellow labrador that he worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, as the two are reunited during a surprise ceremony, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Gundlach thought he was traveling to the Iowa Capitol to tell state officials why he should take ownership of the dog, which has been working for the state fire marshal's office. Gundlach didn't realize officials already had made arrangements to get another dog for explosives detection. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 5:08:35 PM EST
Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach, of Madison, Wisc., gets a kiss from Casey, a four-year-old yellow labrador that he worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, as the two are reunited during a surprise ceremony, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Gundlach thought he was traveling to the Iowa Capitol to tell state officials why he should take ownership of the dog, which has been working for the state fire marshal's office. Gundlach didn't realize officials already had made arrangements to get another dog for explosives detection. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Posted: 5/13/2013 9:43:07 AM EST
Reporters' microphones surround a speakerphone as a transgender woman speaks on it after she won a legal ruling at Hong Kong’s top court allowing her to marry, in Hong Kong Monday, May, 13, 2013. The Court of Final Appeal granted the transgender woman, identified only as W, the right to marry her boyfriend Monday in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex marriage. The surprise decision only covers the right of a transgender person who was born male to marry a man, and for one who was born female to marry a woman. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Posted: 5/13/2013 5:30:15 AM EST
Reporters crowd around a speakerphone as they listen to a transgender woman on it after she won a legal ruling at Hong Kong’s top court allowing her to marry, in Hong Kong Monday, May, 13, 2013. Hong Kong's top court granted the transgender woman, identified only as W, the right to marry her boyfriend Monday in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex marriage. The surprise decision only covers the right of a transgender person who was born male to marry a man, and for one who was born female to marry a woman. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Posted: 5/13/2013 4:41:38 AM EST
Reporters' microphones surround a speakerphone as a transgender woman speaks on it after she won a legal ruling at Hong Kong’s top court allowing her to marry, in Hong Kong Monday, May, 13, 2013. The Court of Final Appeal granted the transgender woman, identified only as W, the right to marry her boyfriend Monday in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex marriage. The surprise decision only covers the right of a transgender person who was born male to marry a man, and for one who was born female to marry a woman. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Posted: 5/13/2013 4:41:38 AM EST
Reporters crowd around a speakerphone as they listen to a transgender woman on it after she won a legal ruling at Hong Kong’s top court allowing her to marry, in Hong Kong Monday, May, 13, 2013. Hong Kong's top court granted the transgender woman, identified only as W, the right to marry her boyfriend Monday in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex marriage. The surprise decision only covers the right of a transgender person who was born male to marry a man, and for one who was born female to marry a woman. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
Iranian journalists work at the political desk of pro-reform Bahar newspaper, in Tehran Iran, on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision on Saturday to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
Iranian journalists, Soroush Farhadian, left, Mojtaba Fathi, right, and photographer Hadi Yazdani, confer about published pictures of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a hopeful for the upcoming presidential election, in several newspapers, at their pro-reform Bahar newspaper, in Tehran Iran, on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision on Saturday to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
A woman makes her way through the old bazaar, in Tehran Iran, on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision on Saturday to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
Iranians walk in the old bazaar, in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, May 12, 2013. On Saturday former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
The front pages of the Sunday edition of Iranian newspapers, published with pictures of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a hopeful for the upcoming presidential election, are seen on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision on Saturday to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:57:31 PM EST
In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, waves to media, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, while his daughter Fatemeh, smiles at second right, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. On Saturday Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Posted: 5/10/2013 4:33:41 AM EST
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, is dressed in a bullet proofed vest as she arrives to Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise trip to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said. Germany is the only NATO nation that is committed to leaving troops in Afghanistan after the coalition completes its scheduled pullout of combat forces next year. The U.S. is likely to deploy several thousand troops if the Afghan government provides them legal protection. (AP Photo/DPA/Kay Nietfeld)
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Posted: 5/10/2013 4:33:41 AM EST
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere, left, gesture as they arrive to Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said. Germany is the only NATO nation that is committed to leaving troops in Afghanistan after the coalition completes its scheduled pullout of combat forces next year. The U.S. is likely to deploy several thousand troops if the Afghan government provides them legal protection. (AP Photo/DPA/Kay Nietfeld)
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Posted: 5/10/2013 4:33:41 AM EST
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, pauses in front a memorial wall for fallen German soldiers after laying a wreath at the German base in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise trip to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said. Germany is the only NATO nation that is committed to leaving troops in Afghanistan after the coalition completes its scheduled pullout of combat forces next year. The U.S. is likely to deploy several thousand troops if the Afghan government provides them legal protection. (AP Photo/DPA/Kay Nietfeld)
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Posted: 5/10/2013 4:33:41 AM EST
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and German Major General Joerg Vollmer, right, tour the German camp in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said. Germany is the only NATO nation that is committed to leaving troops in Afghanistan after the coalition completes its scheduled pullout of combat forces next year. The U.S. is likely to deploy several thousand troops if the Afghan government provides them legal protection. (AP Photo/DPA/Kay Nietfeld)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 5:37:51 PM EST
First lady Michelle Obama, center, with Jill Biden, introduces a surprise visit from Prince Harry at an event in honor of military mothers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 5:20:11 PM EST
First lady Michelle Obama gestures during a surprise visit from Prince Harry at an event in honor of military mothers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
