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agence france-presse/Getty images FAO Schwarz, founded in 1862 by German immigrant Frederick August Otto Schwarz in Baltimore, has reigned for decades as the premier retailer for unique toys and a pioneer of "entertainment retail," the idea that a store could be an experience for its customers.

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** FILE ** Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, U.N. high commissioner for human rights

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Queen Rania of Jordan speaks to reporters during a meeting of U.N. regional chiefs in Amman Monday. Rania called for emergency financial aid to U.N. agencies assisting the Palestinian refugees in Gaza. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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**FILE** The United Nations headquarters in New York

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Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, U.N. high commissioner for human rights

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**FILE** Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony (left) and a deputy, Vincent Otti, meet with a U.N. official in Ri-Kwangba, Sudan, in 2006.

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Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, answers journalists' questions Nov. 12 at Ri-Kwamba in Southern Sudan following a meeting with U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland.