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A woman walks across the street towards City Hall in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, April 7, 2014. Charleston is seeking World Heritage status from the United Nations as a site important to all of humankind. The building is among almost 40 religious and public buildings being included in Charleston's application. If approved, Charleston would join locations such as Venice, Easter Island and the Pyramids of Giza on the U.N. list as being important to human history. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

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The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in Charleston, S.C., is seen in this Monday, April 7, 2014, photograph. Charleston is seeking World Heritage status from the United Nations as a site important to all of humankind. The building is among almost 40 religious and public buildings being included in Charleston's application. If approved, Charleston would join locations such as Venice, Easter Island and the Pyramids of Giza on the U.N. list as being important to human history. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

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FILE-In this file photo taken on Tuesday April 1, 2014, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses the media after the International Conference on Genocide Prevention at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed Saturday, April 5, 2014, that the world would not forget Central African Republic, as he visited the country wracked by sectarian violence that has left thousands dead and forced most of the nation's Muslims to flee. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert,File)

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Gloria Steinem attends the The 5th Annual DVF Awards at the United Nations Headquarters on Friday, April 4, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Luiz C. Ribeiro/Invision/AP)

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Designer Diane von Furstenberg, left, presents the The 5th Annual DVF Award to Gloria Steinem on Friday, April 4, 2014 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. (Photo by Luiz C. Ribeiro/Invision/AP)