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	Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, leads one of three groups that took part in the Anglican-Lutheran "Walk of Witness" in Ottawa Sept. 25 in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
	Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and Bishop Susan Johnson, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, read a joint statement as an "Act of Witness" outside the UN Association Office in Ottawa following the "Walk of Witness" in Ottawa Sept. 25 in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
	Pentagon Memorial A woman surveys illuminated benches outside the Pentagon's south facade days after the dedication and opening Sept. 11 of the memorial honoring the 184 victims killed in the Pentagon and on American Airlines Flight 77 in the terrorist attacks seven years earlier. Each bench is engraved with the name of a victim. President George W. Bush called the memorial "an everlasting tribute to the 184 souls who perished." 59 of the benches face the Pentagon representing the number of passengers killed on the airplane and the remaining 125 benches face the opposite direction memorializing those killed within the building.
	Washington National Cathedral Officially the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, the church is a cathedral of the U.S. Episcopal Church. It is the sixth largest Gothic cathedral in the world and the second largest in the United States.
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	The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception The largest Roman Catholic church in North America and one of the 10 largest churches in the world. The basilica, visited by Pope Benedict XVI on the opening day of his visit to Washington in April, is the main Marian Shrine in the United States.
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	The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception View toward the altar of the upper basilica church
	The National Presbyterian Church Located in Washington, DC, it is a traditional mainline church of the Reformed faith. Those who have worshipped in the church include Queen Elizabeth II, Mother Teresa and President Dight D. Eisenhower.
	The United States Capitol The fifth tallest building in Washington, the Capitol building is the home of the United States Congress.
	The White House The current residence and main working office of President George W. Bush
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	The Washington Monument The world's tallest stone structure, Washington D.C.'s most visible monument was built in honor of President George Washington and dedicated in 1885.
	The Thomas Jefferson Memorial A presidential memorial dedicated to Jefferson, the third president of the United States. A bronze statue of Jefferson was added three years after its completion in 1943.
	Abraham Lincoln The seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln is located in the memorial in Washington dedicated to him as the 16th president of the United States.The statue of Lincoln is 19 feet high and weighs 175 tons.
	John F. Kennedy gravesite Kennedy was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Nov 25, 1963. The eternal flame that burns above the grave of Kennedy, left, was requested by the widowed First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, who was buried next to him in 1994. The gravesite remains one of the most visited memorials in the cemetery.
	The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial At left, a photo of the nearby Three Soldiers Statue blended with a photo of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, the most recognized part of the memorial.The national war memorial honors members of the the U.S. Armed Forces who fought in the Vietnam War and who died in service or are still unaccounted for. It also includes the Vietnam Women's Memorial.
	Luke the lion resides at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington along with three female lions, Lusaka, Shera, and Nababiep.
	A Sumatran Tiger plays with an empty container at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington
	Tian Tian, along withg Mei Xiang, are the second pair of giant pandas to come to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington. They were born at the China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province.
	Marion Dewar, a former Mayor of Ottawa, a former NDP Member of Parliament and a Catholic feminist, died Sept. 15 at the age of 80 after a fall while visiting Toronto for the Toronto International Film Festival. Dewar was a speaker at the international Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW) conference in Ottawa in 2005. She told the almost 500 people from 20 countries who attended the event that people have asked her why she still goes to a Catholic church. "I say I go to that church because it's my church and I'm part of the people of God," she said. "I think it's totally irresponsible for people to meet injustices and not name them. We have a responsibility to name injustices as we see them."

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	Members of the large Inuit community in Ottawa along with national Inuit leaders and Inuit recording artist Susan Aglukark (second from right) gathered on Parliament Hill Sept. 10 to commemorate World Suicide Prevention Day. Inuit have the highest suicide rate in Canada. Aglukark said the rally was "a powerful testament" of the will to live.
	Inuit recording artist Susan Aglukark speaks a rally on Parliament Hill Sept. 10 to commemorate World Suicide Prevention Day. She acknowledged that Inuit have the highest suicide rate in Canada but said, "Our love for life is stronger that the fear of it."