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A Tunisian man reads a newspaper at a cafe in Tunis on Thursday. The press was censored during Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's 23-year rule. That changed overnight last Friday when he and his wife fled the country. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption

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Africa

Tunisians Embrace Life Without Censorship

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Tunisians Embrace Life Without Censorship

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A supermarket smolders after it was sacked and looted in Bizerte, Tunisia, on Jan. 15. Despite the continuation of random attacks by forces loyal to the country's former president, residents of the northern port city say they are striving to get on with their lives. Hassene Dridi/AP hide caption

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Africa

Tunisians Eager To Hold On To Newfound Freedom

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Tunisians Eager To Hold On To Newfound Freedom

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The Long Route Home: Colin Farrell (left) and Ed Harris star in director Peter Weir's survival epic, about a group of prisoners banished to a Siberian gulag — and their astonishing march across thousands of miles to India. Newmarket Films hide caption

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Movies

'The Way Back': An Epic Escape, Short On Drama

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'The Way Back': An Epic Escape, Short On Drama

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Haitian President Rene Preval (center) prepares to lay a wreath on Jan. 11 at St. Christophe in Port-au-Prince, where thousands of victims of the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake are buried. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Haiti A Year Later

Haitians' Patience For President Wears Thin

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Haitians' Patience For President Wears Thin

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Chinese President Hu Jintao and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley visit the Walter Payton College Preparatory school in Chicago. Chris Walker/AP hide caption

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National

U.S. Has New Attitude Toward Asian Challenger

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U.S. Has New Attitude Toward Asian Challenger

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