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Jessica Sager

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Sep 5, 2014

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U.S. President Barack Obama, center, British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listen as NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a leaders meeting on the future of NATO at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. NATO leaders will back plans Friday for positioning more troops and military equipment in Eastern Europe, establishing a rapid response force aimed at easing anxiety among member states near Russia's border and deterring the Kremlin against replicating its provocations in Ukraine elsewhere in the region. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama listens as NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks in Newport, Wales. AP

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NATO leaders watch a fly-past by the Red Arrows during the NATO summit at the Celtic Manor resort, near Newport, in Wales September 5, 2014. The resort is the venue for the two day NATO summit which started on Thursday. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

NATO leaders watch the Red Arrows at a summit in Newport, Wales. Reuters

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Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of Charity, the global order of nuns founded by Mother Teresa, take part in a mass to mark the 17th anniversary of her death in Kolkata September 5, 2014. Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace laureate who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003 at the Vatican. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY RELIGION)

Nuns from the Missionaries of Charity mark Mother Theresa’s birthday in Kolkata, India. Reuters

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A construction stands inside a beer tent under construction fifteen days before the opening of the Munich Oktoberfest, September 5, 2014. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital Munich for the world's biggest and most famous beer festival, the Oktoberfest which opens on September 20, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY)

A worker stands in a beer tent under construction in Munich, Germany, ahead of Oktoberfest. Reuters

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Naoya Inoue (R) of Japan punches Samartlek Kokietgym of Thailand during their WBC light flyweight boxing title match in Tokyo September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: SPORT BOXING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Naoya Inoue of Japan punches Samartlek Kokietgym of Thailand during their WBC light flyweight title match in Tokyo. Reuters

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Pope Francis receives a gift from Andorra's Head of Government Antoni Marti (R) during a private audience at the Vatican September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Filippo Monteforte/Pool (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

Andorra’s Head of Government Antoni Marti gives Pope Francis a gift at the Vatican. Reuters

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A protester holds a Palestinian flag in front of an Israeli army bulldozer during clashes following a protest against the nearby Jewish settlement of Qadomem, seen in the background, in the West Bank village of Kofr Qadom near Nablus September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A protester waves a Palestinian flag in front of an Israeli army bulldozer in Kofr Qadom, West Bank. Reuters

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African lion cubs sit in their enclosure during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. The four cubs were born to four-year-old Tajiri in late June at the zoo. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

African lion cubs snuggle at the Philadelphia Zoo. AP

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A Ukrainian serviceman sits on an armored vehicle at checkpoint near Debaltseve, September 5, 2014. Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko said he had ordered the army to observe a ceasefire from 1500 GMT on Friday in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine after envoys in Minsk agreed a peace plan for the region. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Ukrainian soldier sits on a tank in Debaltseve, Ukraine. AP

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A fighter from the Shi'ite Badr Brigade militia wears a religious flag as he guards a checkpoint that was recently taken from militants of the Islamic State outside the town of Amerli September 5, 2014. The highway, which continues south to Baghdad, is now controlled by Shi'ite militia fighters and the Kurdish Peshmerga. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT)

A Shi’ite fighter guards a checkpoint in Amerli, Iraq. Reuters

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A policeman on a bicycle passes in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

A policeman rides a bike past the Capitol in Washington. Reuters

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U.S. President Barack Obama visits Stonehenge in Wiltshire September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS TRAVEL)

President Barack Obama visits Stonehenge in Wiltshire, Britain. Reuters

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Ducks rest next to the reflecting pool in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANIMALS)

Ducks rest near the reflecting pool at the Capitol. Reuters

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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at a news conference with Rafael Moreno Valle (not pictured), the governor of the Mexican state of Puebla, after their bilateral meeting, at La Concordia Park in Puebla near Mexico City September 5, 2014. Christie is on a three-day trade mission in Mexico. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks in Mexico City. Reuters

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MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 05: A man puts on a mask depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin wearing a fruit crown during a protest against the Russian food ban giving food away at Plaza Callao on September 5, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. Spanish farmers give away 10 tonnes of fruits to members of the public in Madrid in protest against Russia's ban on EU food imports and to promote the consumption of home grown produce. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

A man in a Vladimir Putin mask protests the Russian food ban in Madrid, Spain. Getty

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A seven-day old dolphin (top) swims with his mother Mancha at the Zoo-Aquarium of Madrid on September 5, 2014. The dolphin cub was born at the zoo on August 29. AFP PHOTO / DANI POZO (Photo credit should read DANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images)

A week-old dolphin swims with its mother in a Madrid aquarium. Getty

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Rescuers help a fellow miner who was injured while he was trapped in the Raspotocje coal mine in Zenica, 70 kms north of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. Rescuers on Friday were pulling out some of the 34 miners who had been trapped deep inside a coal mine that collapsed in central Bosnia. Tired, their faces smeared with coal dust, the men came out of the Zenica mine one by one, after spending the night more than 500 meters (1,600 feet) below the ground.(AP Photo/Amel Emric)

Rescuers help a miner injured in the Raspotocje coal mine in Zenica, Bosnia. AP

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A gay couple kisses during a protest outside Greece's Parliament in Athens on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. Several hundred people took part in the peaceful march to Parliament, which is debating draft legislation to outlaw Holocaust denial and expand prosecution powers against the incitement of racial violence. Gay and Lesbian rights groups complain that the proposed legislation will not adequately address attacks on homosexual people, which they say are on the rise. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A gay couple kisses in protest outside Greece’s Parliament in Athens. AP

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An Indian girl walks with a plastic bag inside a flooded house in Gauhati, India, Friday Sept. 5 2014. Heavy monsoon showers flooded some areas in the city on Friday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A girl carries a plastic bag in her flooded home in Gauhati, India. AP

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A man plays a violin under the umbrella during rainy day at Belgrades Kalemegdan Fortress, Serbia, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. Weather forecasts predict changeable weather during the next few days. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

A man plays a violin in the rain in Belgrade, Serbia. AP

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Jessica Nowan, left and Caitlin Grandstaff, right, stand in line for the Salt Lake Comic Con at the Salt Palace Convention Center, in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Organizers with Salt Lake Citys Comic Con festival say they expect nearly 130,000 people at the latest event going on through Saturday. The convention has become a pop-culture phenomenon and features the best in movies, television shows, gaming, sci-fi/fantasy and comic books. Many attendees dress up as their favorite characters. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Cosplayers invade Salt Lake Comic-Con in Salt Lake City, Utah. AP

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Kami Young, left, and Karina Willes, with their 5-1/2 month-old daughter, Olivia Young, attend a news conference Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center in Milwaukee, Wis. Earlier in the day, a federal appeals court in Chicago unanimously struck down bans on same-sex unions in Wisconsin and Indiana, though the ruling does not immediately take effect. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Mark Hoffman)

Gay couples and their families await a press conference in Milwaukee, Wis. AP

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A Palestinian protester uses a sling shot to hurl a stone at Israeli troops during clashes at a weekly protest against Jewish settlements, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah September 5,2014. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Palestinian protester shoots a stone at Israeli soldiers with a sling shot in Nabi Saleh, West Bank. Reuters

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Pic shows: The two Mexican grey wolf cubs that were born in captivity in cross border breeding programme during the press conference. With only 300 relatives across the entire world these extremely rare Mexican grey wolf cubs are a welcome sight for experts who have been trying for a decade to breed them in captivity. They were born after frozen sperm was taken from a male wolf called Perkins, from the Endangered Wolf Centre in Eureka, a city in the North American state of Missouri, and used to fertilise eggs from the female wolf called Ezita in Mexico's Tamatan Zoo. The embryos were then moved from the zoo in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas and implanted into a third wolf at the Chapultepec Zoo in the capital Mexico City, under a team led by Doctor Juan Arturo Rivera Rebolledo. Announcing the success of the project, Mexican environment secretary Tanya Muller Garcia praised the scheme which she said had been implemented because at the age of 11 the female wolf Ezita had already had several failed litters. It became clear that she was unable to carry a litter to term, but it was also decided that her bloodline was much too important to lose, and so her eggs were harvested and used in the artificial insemination programme. Authorities are trying to reintroduce the wolf in its natural habitat, after it was hunted to extinction in the wild in Mexico three decades ago. Conservation projects in the United States, where some wolves survived in captivity, provided the genetic material for the effort, but the mother of the litter shown to the public on Wednesday could not conceive by natural means due to physical problems. The director of Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo, Juan Antonio Rivera, said the two pups were born May 26. Rivera said it was 'the first litter of an endangered species obtained in our country by artificial insemination'. Until now, despite an ambitious breeding programme, experts have been remarkably unsuccessful in getting the rare Mexican g

Mexican grey wolf cubs are examined after being born through artificial insemination in Mexico City. EuroPics

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