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Just hours after being indicted by a federal grand jury, former presidential contender John Edwards emerged to insist, "I did not break the law."
Edwards, 58, was indicted by a grand jury in Raleigh, N.C., for allegedly using more than $900,000 in campaign funds to hide his mistress during the 2008 Democratic presidential race.
"There's no question that I've done wrong and I take full responsibility for having done wrong," Edwards said a brief news conference today. "And I will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that I've caused to others. But I did not break the law and I never, ever thought that I was breaking the law." He declined to answer questions.
Less than a year before the Iowa caucuses, a varied and ambitious group of Republicans has been jockeying for their party's presidential nomination, and a chance to go head-to-head with President Obama in 2012.
Here's a look at 24 Republicans whom ABC News has identified as likely and not-so-likely contenders in 2012:
FRONT-RUNNERS
Mitt Romney
Former Governor of Massachusetts
Former Governor of Massachusetts
"I haven't made a decision yet as to what we're going to do ... but I can tell you that I'm very drawn to the fact that this country needs someone who has private sector experience, because this economy is troubled." Romney on "GMA," Feb. 1, 2011.
CAIRO June 12, 2011 (AP)
A new entry Sunday in a blog purportedly by a lesbian Syrian-American living in Damascus asserted that the entire saga was a hoax, supposedly written by a man.
The post, which came days after an entry saying the blogger had been arrested, was signed by "Tom MacMaster" in Istanbul, Turkey.
Amnesty International Challenge Rwandan Free Speech and Genocide Laws
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Amnesty International is calling on Rwanda to ease restrictions on free speech.
The rights group says the months leading up to last year's presidential election were marked by a clampdown on freedom of expression.
Amnesty is calling on Rwanda to allow opposition politicians, journalists and human rights activists to express their views without fear for their safety.
Amnesty also wants Rwanda to revise laws on genocide ideology and divisionism, which the rights group says Rwanda uses to limit free speech.
The laws were put in place after Rwanda's 1994 genocide, when extremist Hutus killed an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
Amnesty says the laws prohibit hate speech but are so broad they criminal other expression, including criticism of the government.
The rights group says the months leading up to last year's presidential election were marked by a clampdown on freedom of expression.
Amnesty is calling on Rwanda to allow opposition politicians, journalists and human rights activists to express their views without fear for their safety.
Amnesty also wants Rwanda to revise laws on genocide ideology and divisionism, which the rights group says Rwanda uses to limit free speech.
The laws were put in place after Rwanda's 1994 genocide, when extremist Hutus killed an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
Amnesty says the laws prohibit hate speech but are so broad they criminal other expression, including criticism of the government.
June 4, 2011 -- Updated 0301 GMT (1101 HKT)
A French Navy pilot on the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier on April 21, 2011 in the Mediterranean sea.
Abiah Jones fell at Morley Piers Mariner's Landing Pier about 12:30 p.m., police say.
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