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US Rep. Giffords releases first post-shooting photos

HOUSTON - A smiling US Representative Gabrielle Giffords appeared in photos released on the Internet on Sunday, the first pictures made public since she was shot in the head in January.
At the same time, preparations were being made for her to be discharged from a rehabilitation center in Houston "really soon" to continue therapy as an out-patient, her spokesman C.J. Karamargin told Reuters.