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Obamas in Latin America - The Obamas kicked off a five-day, three-nation Latin American trip Saturday. First stop was in Brazil, then Chile on Monday then to El Salvador on Tuesday. In each nation, President Obama met with the leaders for bilateral meetings.In this image, the first family visits the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Another Racist Obama Cartoon? - A Brazilian website was caught up in a little controversy recently with its image of a hairy monkey listing a stereotypical lunch menu for President Obama. “Obama will have for lunch for baiaõ-for-two steak, ice cream ... and bananas, many bananas,” the cartoon monkey says. Baiaõ-for-two is a meal closely associated with a mostly Black region of Brazil. The cartoon has since been removed from the site. (Photo: Paraná Online)

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Wyclef: Shot or Not? - With his bandaged hand, singer Wyclef Jean casts his vote Sunday in Haiti's run-off presidential election. On Saturday night, singer Wyclef Jean says he was grazed by a bullet as he stepped out of a car to make a personal phone call in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. However, reports from local police conflict with Jean’s account, alleging the musician was not shot but was simply cut with glass. Jean maintains he was shot, though he is not sure if he was the intended target. Jean was in Haiti supporting his candidate in the presidential election. (Photo: AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Ballot Count - Voters in Haiti went to the polls Sunday to decide who would be the next president: Former first lady and Senator Mirlande Manigat or popular musician Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly. Preliminary results are not expected until March 31. In this image, electoral employees count ballots at a tabulation center in Port-au-Prince. (Photo: AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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Children Protest in South African - On Monday, thousands of South African school children marched to parliament, demonstrating for better school infrastructure and libraries for every school in the nation. (Photo: AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

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China and Zimbabwe - On Monday, China’s Deputy Premier Wang Qishan met with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe during a two-day working visit to the African nation where he was looking to forge relations between the countries. (Photo: AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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No-Fly Zone Over Libya - The United States continued to launch airstrikes against the Libyan government. U.S. and European planes have been striking sites across Libya since Saturday night, following a U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing international action to stop Moammar Gadhafi from harming civilians. On Tuesday, a US F15 fighter jet crashed in an open field in the Bu Mariem village, east of Benghazi, after what is believed to be a mechanical failure. Both of the crew members were safe after being ejected from the aircraft. (Photo: AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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Do Ugandan Police Secretly Torture Suspects? - In a report released Wednesday, Human Right Watch alleged that a secret Ugandan police unit frequently operates outside of the law, torturing and sometimes killing suspects. Uganda's Rapid Response Unit has a history of violent and unlawful operations since it was formed under a different name in 2002 by President Yoweri Museveni, the report stated. The document calls for an end to illegal arrests and torture. Police deny the allegations in the report. (Photo: AP Photo / Ronald Kabuubi)

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First Ladies Meet - On Tuesday’s visit to El Salvador, first lady Michelle Obama and Salvadoran first lady Vanda Pignato helped inaugurate the Ciudad Mujer women’s center in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Photo: AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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Tuberculosis in South Africa - More than two million people will contract a form of tuberculosis by 2015 that is difficult to treat, the World Health Organization said, Thursday. In this image, a woman in South Africa cuts the hair of a fellow tuberculosis patient at a clinic near Cape Town. (Photo: AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)