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A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013.

Photogallery Death Toll Expected to Rise from Oklahoma Tornado

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In front of a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr., Burma's President Thein Sein meets with President Barack Obama, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 20, 2013.

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U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Myanmar's President Thein Sein in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington May 20, 2013.

Obama, Burmese President Discuss Way Forward for Reforms

Thein Sein's meeting with US President Obama is first visit to White House by a Burmese leader in nearly half a century More

"Countries of particular concern" are countries that are considered to commit "particularly severe violations of religious freedom."

US Sees 'Climate of Intolerance' on Global Religious Freedom

The US State Department's annual report says respect for religious freedom declined in China, Iran in 2012, cites problems elsewhere More


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A longstanding health problem in California's Central Valley has worsened in recent years, leading health officials to order the relocation of 3,000 prisoners from two state prisons. But the disease affects much of the population in some rural communities and, Mike O'Sullivan reports, while it often goes unnoticed, it sometimes can be devastating for patients.

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