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Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad's al-Sadriyah neighborhood, Wednesday, April 18, 2007, in which over a hundred people were killed. A wave of car bombings killed at least 127 people in Baghdad and wounded hundreds in five different locations, as insurgents ripped through a massive Iraqi and U.S. security crackdown in the capital.
Shooting Aftermath
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Virginia Tech student Megan Chapman stands with her bags as she waits to be picked up to go home after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 in Blacksburg, Va. The school is closed until Monday.
Funding Feud
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President George W. Bush speaks during a bicameral and bipartisan leadership meeting as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., looks on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. The leaders met to attempt to resolve a weeks-long standoff over a $120 billion emergency funding package for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
No Sail
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Two crew members of the China Team wait for wind to sail off the coast of Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, April 18, 2007. The start of the Louis Vuitton Cup was delayed for the third straight day Wednesday because of a lack of wind.
Ukraine Unrest
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Riot police surround Ukraine's constitutional court as thousands of demonstrators from opposition parties gathered outside the building in Kiev Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Demonstrators blockaded Ukraine's constitutional court, briefly preventing judges from entering the building for the second day of hearings on the political standoff between the country's president and prime minister.
High Court Ruling
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Tree blossoms frame the Supreme Court building facade Wednesday, April 18, 2007, in Washington. The Court, in a 5-4 ruling, upheld a federal law that banned what the law referred to as "partial birth abortions."
Glad-Handing
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Two street artists walk Wednesday, April 18, 2007, on the boulevard from Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, after the opening of an offshore wind farm.