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$Britain\'s Queen Elizabeth II (R) shakes the hand of Cherie Blair (C) beside Baroness Margaret Thatcher (L) and current Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) during a Remembrance Service commemorating 25 years since the Falklands Conflict at The Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel in Pangbourne, Berkshire, 14 June 2007. The service marks the first official event marking Falklands 25, with The Queen and the Prime Minister joining families and veterans in a service of Thanksgiving. Twenty-Five years ago the Falkland Islands were liberated from Argentine occupation. The campaign saw the loss of 255 service and civilian personnel, and three Islanders.$

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In this April 2, 2013 photo, logs producing shiitake mushrooms are seen in the mushroom barn at Vahling Vineyards near Stewardson, Ill. Owner Dennis Vahling began harvesting shiitake mushrooms the week of Thanksgiving 2012. The business, while unrelated to the family s vineyard, is located on the family farm.

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In this April 2, 2013 photo, Dennis Vahling poses with some of the logs in the mushroom barn at Vahling Vineyards near Stewardson, Ill. Vahling, with the assistance of family members and a few high school students, began harvesting shiitake mushrooms the week of Thanksgiving 2012. The business, while unrelated to the family s Vahling Vineyards, is located on the family farm.

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$A portrait of Pope Francis (R) is pictured as Indian Catholic Archbishop of Hyderabad Reverend Thumma Bala (C) offers Thanksgiving mass following yesterday\'s inauguration of Pope Francis, at the Saint Mary\'s Basilica in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on March 20, 2013. Pope Francis is the new leader of the world\'s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, elected on March 13 to replace Pope Benedict XVI.$

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A nun holds a photograph of Pope Francis during a Thanksgiving Mass for the newly elected Pope at Suyapa church in Tegucigalpa March 19, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his inaugural mass on Tuesday among political and religious leaders from around the world and amid a wave of hope for a renewal of the scandal-plagued Roman Catholic Church.

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Faithful attend a Thanksgiving Mass for newly elected Pope Francis at Saint Ignatius church in Newton, Massachusetts March 19, 2013.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) shakes the hand of Cherie Blair (C) beside Baroness Margaret Thatcher (L) and current Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) during a Remembrance Service commemorating 25 years since the Falklands Conflict at The Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel in Pangbourne, Berkshire, 14 June 2007. The service marks the first official event marking Falklands 25, with The Queen and the Prime Minister joining families and veterans in a service of Thanksgiving. Twenty-Five years ago the Falkland Islands were liberated from Argentine occupation. The campaign saw the loss of 255 service and civilian personnel, and three Islanders.

In this April 2, 2013 photo, logs producing shiitake mushrooms are seen in the mushroom barn at Vahling Vineyards near Stewardson, Ill. Owner Dennis Vahling began harvesting shiitake mushrooms the week of Thanksgiving 2012. The business, while unrelated to the family s vineyard, is located on the family farm.

In this April 2, 2013 photo, Dennis Vahling poses with some of the logs in the mushroom barn at Vahling Vineyards near Stewardson, Ill. Vahling, with the assistance of family members and a few high school students, began harvesting shiitake mushrooms the week of Thanksgiving 2012. The business, while unrelated to the family s Vahling Vineyards, is located on the family farm.

A portrait of Pope Francis (R) is pictured as Indian Catholic Archbishop of Hyderabad Reverend Thumma Bala (C) offers Thanksgiving mass following yesterday's inauguration of Pope Francis, at the Saint Mary's Basilica in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on March 20, 2013. Pope Francis is the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, elected on March 13 to replace Pope Benedict XVI.

A nun holds a photograph of Pope Francis during a Thanksgiving Mass for the newly elected Pope at Suyapa church in Tegucigalpa March 19, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his inaugural mass on Tuesday among political and religious leaders from around the world and amid a wave of hope for a renewal of the scandal-plagued Roman Catholic Church.

Faithful attend a Thanksgiving Mass for newly elected Pope Francis at Saint Ignatius church in Newton, Massachusetts March 19, 2013.

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