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US Navy crew members run to take their position to mop up the flight deck to remove radioactive contamination from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean off the Japanese coast after 10 days of rescue missions to transport supplies to survivors in an earthquake and tsunami devastated area. Eugene Hoshiko/AP
Bangladeshis work a manual score board during the Cricket World Cup quarterfinal match between Pakistan and West Indies at the Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Themba Hadebe/AP
Petty Officer Third Class David Weir kisses his wife, Jessica, and son, Cody, as he prepares to deploy on the USS Bataan from Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va. The USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group is deploying to the Mediterranean Sea to aid international efforts in Libya. Steve Earley/AP
Bolivian students are seen during celebrations for national hero Eduardo Avaroa as part of the 'Day of the Sea' commemorations in La Paz. Bolivia lost its coastline 132 years ago to Chile in the 'Guerra del Pacifico' or War of the Pacific. David Mercado/Reuters
Flowers and a portrait adorn Elizabeth Taylor's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Taylor died early Wednesday. Reed Saxon/AP
Team Russia competes during the Men's Team Pursuit qualifying race at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn. Jerry Lampen/Reuters
A robin is silhouetted against a waning moon as it sits in a tree in Overland Park, Kan. Charlie Riedel/AP
Takako Moriya reacts as she stands next to her house which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Motoyoshi, Miyagi Prefecture. The Japanese government estimated the direct damage from a deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck the country's northeast this month at as much as $310 billion, making it the world's costliest natural disaster. Carlos Barria/Reuters
Buddhists hold candles during a prayer ceremony for the survivors and victims of the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami at Duoc Thuoc pagoda outside Hanoi. Kham/Reuters
Traders work at the Egyptian Stock Exchange in Cairo. The Egyptian stock exchange's broad index tumbled 9 percent on Wednesday after the bourse reopened following a seven-week closure caused by political turmoil. Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Reuters
Portuguese Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, (standing center) answers members of parliament during the debate of his minority government's latest austerity package at the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon. If lawmakers fail to back the package the government could fall, putting Lisbon into political limbo just as it faces huge debt repayment deadlines and desperately needs markets' confidence. Armando Franca/AP
Youths supporting sitting president Laurent Gbagbo receive military style training in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The Ivorian leader refusing to cede power has warned international journalists that they would be considered accomplices to terrorists if they don't do a more balanced job of reporting the country's political crisis. Emanuel Ekra/AP
A miner climbs on excavated rocks after a giant drill machine broke through at the final section Sedrun-Faido, at the construction site of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel. Crossing the Alps, the world's longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016. The project consists of two parallel single track tunnels, each of a length of 35 miles. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
People with their faces painted take part in a rally supporting coalition air strikes in Libya at the rebel-held city of Benghazi. Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Schoolgirls listen to a speech by Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a ceremony marking the start of the school year at Amani High School in Kabul. Omar Sobhani/Reuters
A man who fled the unrest in Tunisia carries wood to light a fire after arriving at the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. The Italian Navy's amphibious transport dock MM San Marco arrived on Wednesday and will accommodate some 1,000 immigrants who have arrived in Lampedusa from Tunisia. Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Yemeni soldiers in charge of protecting antigovernment protesters take a break after receiving flowers from demonstrators demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen. Yemen's parliament enacted sweeping emergency laws Wednesday after the country's embattled president asked for new powers of arrest, detention, and censorship to quash a popular uprising demanding his ouster. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
A man is silhouetted as he walks on a road during a sunset near the town of Khoiniki, 187 miles southeast of the Belarus capital of Minsk. Sergei Grits/AP
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The French Parliament is considering a new bill that would allow university science classes to be taught in English. Politicians and academics across the spectrum are upset.
When two French ministers last month launched a new program to respond to the challenges of population aging, they gave it an English name: “Silver Economy.” But that didn’t strike a chord with their boss.
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