World Lens: Week in Review — Jan. 17

Jamaica shakes off Britain and oil fuels Nigerian unrest.

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Brazil Grants Haitians Visas, but Border Security to Increase - In efforts to both aid Haitians still seeking stability following the devastating 2010 earthquake and protect its borders from an influx of Haitian immigrants, the Brazilian government announced that it will grant residence visas to 4,000 immigrants currently in the country, while vowing to deport all others that cross its borders illegally. (Photo: EPA/Saul Ramirez/Landov)

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Nigerian Fuel Protesters Snag a Victory - On the heels of widespread protests and strikes, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan announced an immediate drop in the cost of fuel, backing off of the 50 percent price increase brought along by the end of a popular fuel subsidy. (Photo: EPA/STR/Landov)

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Nigerian Fuel Protesters Snag a Victory - On the heels of widespread protests and strikes, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan announced an immediate drop in the cost of fuel, backing off of the 50 percent price increase brought along by the end of a popular fuel subsidy. (Photo: EPA/STR/Landov)

Power in Numbers - Throughout history, momentous protest movements have sparked revolutions, toppled governments and bestowed freedom. And while many miles and decades separated the 1963 March on Washington from the 1930 Salt March in India, the ongoing Arab Spring and other legendary demonstrations, each history-making moment has proved the power of the masses. Keep reading to learn more about these transformative protests.—Patrice Peck(Photo: ANIS MILI/LANDOV)

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Self-Immolation Catches On in Tunisia - Although Tunisia's long-time president resigned a year ago in the wake of nationwide protests sparked by the self-immolation of a fruit vendor, alarming statistics show that there has been a huge rise in the number of people setting themselves on fire in Tunisia.(Photo: ANIS MILI/Landov)

Haiti Commemorates Two-Year Anniversary of Earthquake - On Jan. 12, 2010, the nation of Haiti was rocked by a devastating earthquake that took the lives of nearly 300,000 people. Nearly two years later, more than 550,000 people are still living in overcrowded settlement camps in the capital of Port-Au-Prince. (Photo: Miami Herald/MCT/Landov)

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Haiti Commemorates Two-Year Anniversary of Earthquake - On Jan. 12, 2010, the nation of Haiti was rocked by a devastating earthquake that took the lives of nearly 300,000 people. Nearly two years later, more than 550,000 people are still living in overcrowded settlement camps in the capital of Port-Au-Prince. (Photo: Miami Herald/MCT/Landov)

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Counterfeit Malaria Drugs Put Lives at Risk - Health advocates warn that fake and poor quality anti-malarial drugs are threatening efforts to control the disease in Africa and could put millions of lives in danger.(Photo: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Counterfeit Malaria Drugs Put Lives at Risk - Health advocates warn that fake and poor quality anti-malarial drugs are threatening efforts to control the disease in Africa and could put millions of lives in danger.(Photo: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Is Inaugurated as President of Liberia - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in as the 24th president of the Republic of Liberia.(Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing)

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Is Inaugurated as President of Liberia - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in as the 24th president of the Republic of Liberia.(Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing)

Hillary Clinton Makes Her Rounds in West Africa - Secretary Clinton has Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo and Cape Verde on her January schedule in a trip that aims to demonstrate U.S. commitment to post-conflict return to peace, good governance and economic development as well as to emphasize U.S. focus on democratization.(Photo: LARRY DOWNING/Landov)

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Hillary Clinton Makes Her Rounds in West Africa - Secretary Clinton has Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo and Cape Verde on her January schedule in a trip that aims to demonstrate U.S. commitment to post-conflict return to peace, good governance and economic development as well as to emphasize U.S. focus on democratization.(Photo: LARRY DOWNING/Landov)

Death Toll Rises in Cruise Shipwreck - Rescue workers recovered five more bodies from the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship Tuesday, bringing the number of people known to have died in the disaster to at least 11.(Photo: STR/Landov)

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Death Toll Rises in Cruise Shipwreck - Rescue workers recovered five more bodies from the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship Tuesday, bringing the number of people known to have died in the disaster to at least 11.(Photo: STR/Landov)

Government and Politics - Political power in Jamaica has alternated between the social-democratic People’s National Party and the conservative Jamaica Labor Party since independence from Britain, according to BBC. Violence has been known to occur during election time, but the results are typically accepted. The current prime minister and the nation’s first female head of government, Portia Simpson-Miller, is leader of the PNP and she claimed her second victory in a close 2011 election.(Photo: REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy)

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Jamaica to Become a Republic - Newly appointed Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announced that the country would be leaving the monarchy behind and transitioning to a republic. When the transition is complete, Queen Elizabeth II will no longer be the official Head of State as provided for in the Jamaica Constitution.(Photo: REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy)

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Canada Backtracks on Foreign Gay Marriage - Despite years of issuing marriage licenses to gay foreigners, the Canadian government is abruptly arguing that the same-sex marriages of many foreigners who wed in Canada are not valid.(Photo: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Brawl Closes Chinese iPhone Plant - Production came to a standstill at a Foxconn Technology plan in northern China after a fight broke out between two workers and escalated into a full-scale brawl involving nearly 2,000 employees. Foxconn Technology is a major supplier for Apple and has come under fire for its alleged poor working conditions. (Photo: Bobby Yip/REUTERS)

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Apple Admits to Labor Abuses - Apple has admitted some of its suppliers continue to overwork and underpay employees and allowed monitors to investigate the factories after a rash of suicides at a Chinese plant.(Photo: REUTERS/Bobby Yip)

Haditha Slayings - The slaying of 24 unarmed Iraqis — including women and children — in the town of Haditha is considered a defining moment in the war in Iraq, the Associated Press writes. On Nov. 19, 2005, after a roadside bomb exploded and killed one marine, a troop of U.S. Marines began firing indiscriminately at bystanders, entering homes and spraying them with bullets. A military prosecutor in the ongoing case against Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich said on Jan. 13, 2011, that the victims posed no threat. In December 2006, eight soldiers were charged in the crime, but charges against seven of the eight have been dropped as of June 2008.\r(Photo: REUTERS/Mike Blake)

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U.S. Soldiers Told to Lie About Iraq Killing - At a trial stemming from one of the Iraq war's most controversial soldier scandals, a U.S. soldier admitted to a military jury in California that his commander killed five Iraqi civilians in the Western al-Anbar province in 2005 and then asked him to lie about it.(Photo: REUTERS/Mike Blake)