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    Victor R. Caivano - AP
    Workers burn tires to block a bridge that leads to the capital during a 24-hour general strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is facing a nationwide strike, led by union bosses who once were her most steadfast supporters. Many trains and bus lines are paralyzed; banks, courts and schools are closed; airlines have canceled flights and small groups of people have blocked highways in about a dozen places around the capital. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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    CORRECTS STATE TO GEORGIA, INSTEAD OF ALABAMA - Pam and Robert Gerald Champion, the parents of Robert Champion, react during a candlelight vigil to mark the one-year anniversary of their son's death, at the Community Achievement Center in Decatur, Ga., on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Authorities have charged more than a dozen fellow band members in the death of Champion, a Florida A&M drum major who died after being beaten during a hazing ritual. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)
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    Uncredited - AP
    Manchester United's Alexander Buttner, right, gets a high foot on Galatasaray's Hamit Altintop as they fight for the ball during their Champions League group H soccer match at TT Arena Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo)
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    Seth Wenig - AP
    A woman walks past a cabana complex on the beach pulled off its foundations by Superstorm Sandy in Sea Bright, N.J., Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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    Bayern Munich's Claudio Pizarro, left, heads the ball with Valencia's Adil Rami from France, right, during their Champions League Group F soccer match at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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    Daniel Ochoa De Olza - AP
    A woman place coins in her purse as she walks in front of containers full of garbage after garbage collectors went on strike this week trying to avoid cuts on their job positions, in Madrid, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. One in four people in Spain are now unemployed as the economic crisis tightens its grip. The government is under pressure to seek aid to ease debts while the country sinks into its second recession in three years. Spain has raised nearly €5 billion ($6.4 billion) in a successful debt auction that saw strong demand as the country holds off on seeking international help to manage its finances. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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    The family of Staff Sgt. Matthew H. Stiltz, 26, who was killed last week in Afghanistan, watch as his casket is placed into an awaiting hearse by the Washington Army National Guard Honor Guard, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at XN Air at the Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Wash. Stiltz was on a tour of duty in Afghanistan after serving two tours in Iraq, for the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kan. He died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with artillery fire in Zerok, a town in eastern Afghanistan about 12 miles from the border with Pakistan. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany)
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    Toronto Raptors' Jose Calderon, left, of Spain, shoots past Philadelphia 76ers' Jrue Holiday in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 106-98. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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    People dressed like a clown distributes leaflets to motorists on a road in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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    Hindu devotees return after performing rituals in the morning at the Tawi River during the Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival popular amongst the working class, rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Channi Anandl)
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    A Nepalese woman offers prayers to the Sun god at the Rani Pokhari Pond during the Chhath festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. On Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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    Narciso Contreras - AP
    In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 photo, Syrian rebel fighters prepare to fire a homemade rocket as they carry out a coordinated attack by hundreds of rebel fighters on a Syrian air force compound during heavy clashes on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. There is a struggle for power among rebel factions in Syria with Islamists rejecting the country's new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declaring an Islamic state in the key battleground of Aleppo though all of the groups are fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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    Bernat Armangue - AP
    Palestinian mourners cry during the funeral of Salem Paul Sweliem during his funeral in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. According to the family, the 52 years old Greek Orthodox Christian carpenter was killed during an Israel Air Force strike on a high-rise building, in which Ramez Harb, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military wing, was killed. Sweliem was in a car when the strike took place and he died on his way to the hospital from shrapnel wounds. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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    ISRAEL/GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 20: Parachute flares illuminate the Gaza Strip for an artillery barrage, hours before a proposed cease fire, on November 20, 2012 on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. Accorrding to reports, Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip have said that an Egyptian brokered ceasefire between Israel and Gaza militants is due to begin at midnight local time, but is unclear whether the Israelis have confirmed an agreement. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    Bernat Armangue - AP
    A Palestinian mourner cries during the funeral of Salem Paul Sweliem in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. According to the family, the 52 years old Greek Orthodox Christian carpenter was killed during an Israel Air Force strike on a high-rise building, in which Ramez Harb, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military wing, was killed. Sweliem was in car when the strike took place and he died on his way to the hospital from shrapnel wounds. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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    Majdi Mohammed - AP
    Palestinian police officers attend the funeral of Rushdi Tamimi who died of injuries sustained during clashes Saturday with Israeli security forces during a protest against Israel's operation in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012. Efforts to end a week-old convulsion of Israeli-Palestinian violence drew in the world's top diplomats on Tuesday, with President Barack Obama dispatching his secretary of state to the region on an emergency mission and the U.N. chief appealing from Cairo for an immediate cease-fire. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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    SDE BOKER, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 20: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Shimon Peres attend the annual memorial ceremony for David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister, in Sde Boker on November 20, 2012 in southern Israel. Hamas militants and Israel are continuing talks aimed at a ceasefire as the death toll in Gaza reaches over 100 with three Israelis also having been killed by rockets fired by Palestinian militants. (Photo by Dan Balilty - Pool /Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    BEERSHEBA, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 20: (ISRAEL OUT) Ronit Hachmon inspects her house after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on November 20, 2012 in Beersheba, Israel. Hamas militants and Israel are continuing talks aimed at a ceasefire as the death toll in Gaza reaches over 100 with three Israelis also having been killed by rockets fired by Palestinian militants. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    Christopher Furlong - Getty Images
    ISRAEL/GAZA BORDER - ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 20: Israeli soldiers pray at dawn as the conflict between Palestine and Gaza enters its seventh day on November 20, 2012 on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. Hamas militants and Israel are continuing talks aimed at a ceasefire as the death toll in Gaza reaches more than 100 and also three Israelis killed by rockets fired by Palestinian militants. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    Hatem Moussa - AP
    An elderly Palestinian walks next to a destroyed building after an Israeli strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Efforts to end a week-old convulsion of Israeli-Palestinian violence drew in the world’s top diplomats on Tuesday, with President Barack Obama dispatching his secretary of state to the region on an emergency mission and the U.N. chief appealing from Cairo for an immediate cease-fire. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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    Ariel Schalit - AP
    An Israeli soldier stands on top of a military vehicle as the sun rises in a staging area near the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Israeli aircraft on Tuesday battered the headquarters of the bank Gaza’s Hamas leaders set up to sidestep international sanctions on their rule, as fitful efforts to negotiate an end to a week-old convulsion of violence moved to the highest reaches of diplomacy. The strike on the Islamic National Bank was part of a widening Israeli assault against Gaza militants, meant to quell rocket fire that has abruptly struck deep into Israel's heartland. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will be in Egypt and Israel on Tuesday to try his hand at prodding the two sides to reach a deal. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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    Bernat Armangue - AP
    Palestinians children take cover in a U.N. operated school in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Some Palestinians have evacuated their homes seeking shelter from Israeli airstrikes. In some areas in Gaza city, Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets asking them to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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    Adel Hana - AP
    Palestinians carry a frame from the destroyed house of Islamic Jihad militant Hasam Al Kholy, hit overnight in an Israeli strike on Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Efforts to end a week-old convulsion of Israeli-Palestinian violence drew in the world's top diplomats on Tuesday, with President Barack Obama dispatching his secretary of state to the region on an emergency mission and the U.N. chief appealing from Cairo for an immediate cease-fire.(AP Photo/Adel Hana)
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    Bernat Armangue - AP
    Palestinian mourners cry during the funeral of Salem Paul Sweliem in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. According to the family, the 52 years old Greek Orthodox Christian carpenter was killed when during an Israel Air Force strike on a high-rise building, in which Ramez Harb, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military wing, was killed. Sweliem was in a car when the strike took place and he died on his way to the hospital from shrapnel wounds. (AP Photo/Bernat Armanque)
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    Lefteris Pitarakis - AP
    Israeli soldiers gather for a briefing next to tanks and armoured vehicles at a staging area near the Israel Gaza Strip Border, southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. On Tuesday, grieving Gazans were burying militants and civilians killed in ongoing Israeli airstrikes, and barrages of rockets from Gaza sent terrified Israelis scurrying to take cover. Efforts to end a week-old convulsion of Israeli-Palestinian violence drew in the world's top diplomats Tuesday, with U.S. President Barack Obama dispatching his secretary of state to the region on an emergency mission and the U.N. chief appealing from Cairo for an immediate cease-fire. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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    Mohammed Abu Zaid - AP
    An Egyptian protester carries a tattered national flag during clashes with security forces in the vicinity of the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, early Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Clashes between protesters and Egyptian security forces intensified after nightfall Monday, marking the anniversary of a bloody confrontation in Cairo, when 42 people were killed in a street battle months after the uprising that ousted the country's longtime president.(AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)
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    Jacquelyn Martin - AP
    First lady Michelle Obama hugs Wu Lianyun, 13, of China, as she accepts the International Spotlight Award for China's The 100 Dong Songs Program during the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The International Spotlight Award this year recognizes The 100 Dong Songs Program, an initiative of the Western China Cultural Ecology Research Workshop. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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    Eugene Tanner - AP
    Chaminade guard De'Andre Haskins, bottom, and Illinois guard D.J. Richardson, top, dive for a loose ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Maui Invitational on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)
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    Swans look out of boats as they are transported to the wintering grounds at the Alster river Hamburg, northern Germany, Tuesday Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/ David Hecker)
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    Melanie Gouby - AP
    A 12-year-old boy lies in a bed at the Heal Africa hospital, after his arm was amputated following a shrapnel wound during heavy fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels in Goma, Goma, Congo, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. A rebel group created just seven months ago seized the strategic provincial capital of Goma, home to more than 1 million people in eastern Congo, and its international airport on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said, raising the specter of a regional war. (AP Photo/Melanie Gouby)
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    Melanie Gouby - AP
    A M23 rebel soldier looks back as he and others take positions near the Heal Africa hospital in the center of Goma, Congo, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. A rebel group created just seven months ago seized the strategic provincial capital of Goma, home to more than 1 million people in eastern Congo, and its international airport on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said, raising the specter of a regional war. (AP Photo/Melanie Gouby)
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    Khin Maung Win - AP
    People browse local weekly news journals reporting U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to Myanmar at a newsstand, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. Obama on Monday paid the first visit by an American leader to the long-isolated Asian country. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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    Apichart Weerawong - AP
    U.S. President Barack Obama, right, returns a greeting to Bun Rany, wife of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, prior to a gala dinner in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Obama is in Cambodia on the final leg of his three-country tour of Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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    Carolyn Kaster - AP
    U.S. President Barack Obama yawns at the beginning of the East Asian Summit Plenary Session at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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    Eraldo Peres - AP
    A girl dressed in ceremonial Oxun clothing takes part in a washing ceremony using lavender water during an event celebrating National Black Consciousness Day in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. National Black Consciousness Day honors African people's contribution to the history of Brazil and Oxun is a divinity from the African-Brazilian religion of Candoble representing the queen of all rivers and waterfalls. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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    Richard Drew - AP
    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addresses a luncheon gathering of The Economic Club of New York, in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Bernanke on Tuesday urged Congress and the Obama administration to strike a budget deal to avert tax increases and spending cuts that could trigger a recession next year. Without a deal, the measures known as the "fiscal cliff" will take effect in January. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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    Eugene Tanner - AP
    North Carolina coach Roy Williams shouts instructions to his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Butler in the Maui Invitational on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)
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    GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Claire Robertson from Scottish Ballet, poses dressed as the Good Snow Flake inside a life size snow globe on Buchanan Street during a promotion for Scottish Ballet’s festive production of The Nutcracker on November 20, 2012 in Glasgow,Scotland. The Nutcracker opens at the Theatre Royal on December the 8th, the production delves deep into the darker reaches of Hoffmann’s original tale in a fresh and vivid retelling of the famous Christmas story. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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    GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Claire Robertson from Scottish Ballet, poses dressed as the Good Snow Flake inside a life size snow globe on Buchanan Street during a promotion for Scottish Ballet’s festive production of The Nutcracker on November 20, 2012 in Glasgow,Scotland. The Nutcracker opens at the Theatre Royal on December the 8th, the production delves deep into the darker reaches of Hoffmann’s original tale in a fresh and vivid retelling of the famous Christmas story. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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