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    Vahid Salemi - AP
    Iranian mourners cover themselves with mud, during Ashoura, marking the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, at the city of Bijar, west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Hussein, one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints, was killed in a 7th century battle at Karbala, Iraq. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    Vahid Salemi - AP
    Covering their heads with mud, Iranian women attend Ashoura rituals, marking the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, at the city of Bijar, west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Hussein, one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints, was killed in a 7th century battle at Karbala, Iraq. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    Vahid Salemi - AP
    Men help carry a mourner, during Ashoura rituals, marking the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, at the city of Bijar, west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Hussein, one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints, was killed in a 7th century battle at Karbala, Iraq. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    Karim Kadim - AP
    Shiite Muslim worshippers, stained by their own blood from self inflicted wounds, hold knives during a procession to mark the Muslim festival of Ashoura, an important period of mourning for Shiites in the Kadimiyah area of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. The festival of Ashoura commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, The grandson of Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala, Iraq, in the year A.D. 680. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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    A Bahraini child dressed for a religious procession stands in front of a wall painted with an image of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja in Sanabis, Bahrain, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. The procession marks Ashoura, the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, when Shiites mourn the killing of Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's 7th-century founding Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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    Mohammad Zaatari - AP
    Shiite Lebanese, left, beat their heads with their hands as they bleed from self-inflicted wounds, during Ashoura celebrations in the southern market town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Sunday Nov. 25, 2012. Ashoura is the remembrance of the 680 A.D. battle in which their saint and grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, Hussein, was killed by rivals cementing the split in Islam between Shiites and Sunnis. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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    Hussein Malla - AP
    A Lebanese Shiite Muslim reacts, as he listens to the death story of Imam Hussein, during the Ashoura ceremony held by Hezbollah, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Nov. 25, 2012. Shiite Muslims are observing Ashoura, a feast that commemorates the seventh century death of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. The Sunni-Shiite schism over the heir to Muhammad dates back to that time. The Arabic headband reads:"It is impossible to humiliate us." (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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    Khalid Mohammed - AP
    Shiite Muslim worshippers light candles to mark the Muslim festival of Ashoura, an important period of mourning for Shiites near the holy shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Nov. 25, 2012. The festival of Ashoura commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala, Iraq, in the year 680 A.D. (AP Photo / Khalid Mohammed)
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    Polash Khan - AP
    Bangladeshi people identify the bodies of their relatives died in a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday Nov. 25, 2012. At least 112 people were killed in a late Saturday night fire that raced through the multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, an official said Sunday.(AP Photo/Polash Khan)
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    Khurshed Rinku - AP
    A Bangladeshi police officer walks between rows of burnt sewing machines in a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. At least 112 people were killed in a late Saturday night fire that raced through the multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, an official said Sunday. (AP Photo/ khurshed Rinku)
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    Polash Khan - AP
    Bangladeshis and firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, late Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. An official said firefighters have recovered more than 100 bodies after a fire raced through the multi-story garment factory just outside Bangladesh's capital. (AP Photo/Polash Khan)
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    Jibon Amir - AP
    A Bangladeshi woman cries as she claims the body of her relative killed in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday Nov. 25, 2012. At least 112 people were killed in a late Saturday night fire that raced through the multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, an official said Sunday.(AP Photo/ Jibon Amir)
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    Mark Wilson - Getty Images
    SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - NOVEMBER 25: Utility workers replace a pole that was damaged by Superstorm Sandy on November 25, 2012 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Christie estimated that Superstorm Sandy cost New Jersey $29.4 billion in damage and economic losses. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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    SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - NOVEMBER 25: Rena McCain guts out the first floor of her home after it was flooded by Superstorm Sandy on November 25, 2012 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Christie estimated that Superstorm Sandy cost New Jersey $29.4 billion in damage and economic losses. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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    SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - NOVEMBER 25: Most of the board walk that was damaged by Superstorm Sandy has been removed on November 25, 2012 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Christie estimated that Superstorm Sandy cost New Jersey $29.4 billion in damage and economic losses. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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    SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - NOVEMBER 25: Thank you notes are written on refrigerators damaged by Superstorm Sandy on November 25, 2012 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Christie estimated that Superstorm Sandy cost New Jersey $29.4 billion in damage and economic losses. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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    SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - NOVEMBER 25: A man stands in front of his home that was flooded by Superstorm Sandy on November 25, 2012 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Christie estimated that Superstorm Sandy cost New Jersey $29.4 billion in damage and economic losses. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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    Steven Senne - AP
    In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 photo, cottages rest near an eroded shoreline on Roy Carpenter's Beach, in South Kingstown, R.I. Rhode Island's wide sandy beaches are the state's jewel and greatest pride, as well as a crucial economic engine that draws tourists every summer. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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    Kevin Frayer - AP
    Members of an Indian wedding band wait for transport at a stop in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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    Rahmat Gul - AP
    Afghans watch cock fighting on the outskirts of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Cock fighting is a popular game in Afghanistan during the winter. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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    Rahmat Gul - AP
    An Afghan girl irons a shirt at her tent on the outskirts of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov 25, 2012. Hundreds of Afghan refugees and internally displaced families live in makeshift tents. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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    Zha Chunming - AP
    In this undated photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, made available on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, a carrier-borne J-15 fighter jet lands on China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. China has successfully landed a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier, which entered service two months ago, the country's official news agency confirmed Sunday. The Liaoning aircraft carrier underscores China's ambitions to be a leading Asian naval power, but it is not expected to carry a full complement of planes or be ready for combat for some time. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zha Chunming) NO SALES
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    Nikolas Giakoumidis - AP
    Two women pass among piles of garbage amassed during successive strikes by municipal workers in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Government plans to place 2,000 civil servants on notice ahead of reassignment or potential dismissal. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
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    Rafiq Maqbool - AP
    Indian Shiite Muslim women mourn as they watch a Muharram procession in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov, 25, 2012. Muharram is a month of mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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    Alexander Zemlianichenko - AP
    Leaves covered with frost are seen in a garden in Peremilovo village, 63 kilometers (40 miles) north of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. The temperature in Moscow region dropped down to -1 degree Celsius (31 degree Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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    Andrew Medichini - AP
    Pope Benedict XVI is silhouetted as he leaves past the altar after celebrating a mass for the newly elected cardinals, in St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. On Saturday, the pontiff elevated six new cardinals who joined the elite club of churchmen who will elect his successor, bringing a more geographically diverse mix into the European-dominated College of Cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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    Kyle Grantham - AP
    FILE - In this photo taken Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 13, 2012, file photo, Daniel Holmquist raises his forklift to the top shelf of the Sierra Trading Post Fulfillment Center's racks to a pick a product off the shelves at the facility in Cheyenne, Wyo. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving when people returned to their work computers, is the next in a line of days that stores are counting on to jumpstart the holiday shopping season. This year it is expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third year in a row. (AP Photo/Star-Tribune, Kyle Grantham)
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    Vadim Ghirda - AP
    Workers lift a large AIDS awareness banner on the facade of a communist era building, replica of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, now hosting the offices of some of the leading Romanian newspapers, in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. According to non governmental organizations supporting those infected, more than 10,000 people live with AIDS in Romania but the actual number could be much higher as testing for the infection is not popular among Romanians. In 2011, according to monitoring reports 15 percent more infections were registered.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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    Daniel Ochoa De Olza - AP
    Fascists and far right wing supporters wearing pre-constitutional flags salute the Fascist anthem outside the Opera House during an act against the independence of Catalonia and to remember former Spanish Dictator Gen. Francisco Franco on the 37th anniversary of his death, in Madrid, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Voters in Catalonia begin casting their ballots in regional elections that could determine the future shape of Spain. If voters give the regional government strong support, its leader pledged to hold a referendum asking Catalans if they'd prefer to split from Spain and go it alone in the 27-member EU. Flag reads 'Catalonia is Spain'.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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    Jens Meyer - AP
    Migrating cranes fly in front of colored clouds during the sunset near Straussfurt, central Germany, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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    Rodrigo Abd - AP
    Two men look at a cloudy sunset from the seaside walk in Lima, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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    Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
    In this Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 photo, camels are silhouetted against the setting sun during the annual cattle fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. The annual camel and livestock fair attracts thousands of livestock dealers who bring thousands of camels, horses, and cattle. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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    RIFU, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 25: Daisuke Takahashi of Japan performs in the Gala Exhibition during day three of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy at Sekisui Heim Super Arena on November 25, 2012 in Rifu, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)
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    RIFU, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 25: Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir of the United States perform in the Gala Exhibition during day three of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy at Sekisui Heim Super Arena on November 25, 2012 in Rifu, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)
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    ASPEN, CO - NOVEMBER 25: Mikaela Schffrin of the USA skis the first run of the women's slalom at the Nature Valley Aspen Winternational Audi FIS Ski World Cup at Aspen Mountain on November 25, 2012 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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    Hassan Ammar - AP
    Jun Wu of China dives to win the gold medal during the men's 10-meter platform final, at the 9th Asian swimming championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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    Mikhail Metzel - AP
    Winner Jorrit Bergsma of Netherlands, foreground, leads during the men's mass start at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating in the Kolomna Speedskating Center, 100 kilometers (62 miles) southeast of Moscow, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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