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    Egyptian protesters attend an opposition rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. More than 100,000 people flocked to Cairo's central Tahrir square on Tuesday, chanting against Egypt's Islamist president in a powerful show of strength by the opposition demanding Mohammed Morsi revoke edicts granting himself near autocratic powers.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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    Egyptian security forces arrest a protester during clashes near Tahrir square, where an opposition rally has been called for to voice rejection of President Morsi's seizure of near absolute powers, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Egyptian protesters and police clashed in Cairo on Tuesday just hours ahead of a planned massive rally by opponents of the countryÕs Islamist president demanding he rescinds decrees that granted him near-absolute powers.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
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    Former Egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa leads one of many anti-Morsi protest marches heading to Tahrir square Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. At least a hundred thousand Egyptians have been protesting today in a central square in Cairo, challenging the decision by Egypt's president to grant himself sweeping new powers. The protesters, waving Egyptian flags and chanting slogans against President Mohammed Morsi, joined hundreds of others who had been camping out in the square since Friday, demanding that the decrees be revoked. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zeid)
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    A protester holds a placard against the Egyptian president at an opposition rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Thousands flocked to Cairo's central Tahrir square on Tuesday for a protest against Egypt's president in a significant test of whether the opposition can rally the street behind it in a confrontation aimed at forcing the Islamist leader to rescind decrees that granted him near absolute powers. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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    Egyptian protesters unfurl a large national flag at an opposition rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. More than 100,000 people flocked to Cairo's central Tahrir square on Tuesday, chanting against Egypt's Islamist president in a powerful show of strength by the opposition demanding Mohammed Morsi revoke edicts granting himself near autocratic powers.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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    Khalil Hamra - AP
    Egyptian protesters attend an opposition rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Thousands flocked to Cairo's central Tahrir square on Tuesday for a protest against Egypt's president in a significant test of whether the opposition can rally the street behind it in a confrontation aimed at forcing the Islamist leader to rescind decrees that granted him near absolute powers. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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    A Holocaust-survivor shows his tattoo during the protest against the speech held by Marton Gyongyosi, a deputy of the far-right Jobbik party on Monday as he demonstrates in front of the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Lawmakers wore yellow stars and hundreds of protesters rallied on Tuesday to condemn a far-right politician who called for the screening of Jews for national security risks, part of a wave of incendiary racist comments from a populist party. Marton Gyongyosi, a Jobbik party deputy, on Monday criticized Hungary's foreign ministry for what he said was siding with Israel and said the Middle East conflict presented an opportunity to carry out his plans for background checks. (AP Photo/MTI, Tamas Kovacs)
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    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Clinton, the chair of MCC's board of directors, discussed MCC's distinctive model and role as a key player in the US Global Development initiatives. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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    WINDSOR, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait chats with Queen Elizabeth II as he arrives at Windsor Castle during a three-day state visit on November 27, 2012 in Windsor, England. In the afternoon a military parade will be inspected at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst then a banquet is to be held at Windsor Castle in the Amir's honour this evening. (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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    LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Dignitaries attend a State Banquet for His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait in Windsor Castle on November 27, 2012 in Windsor, England. The Amir of Kuwait is conducting three-day state visit to the UK; tomorrow he will meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street and attend a Banquet at the Guildhall. (Photo by Oli Scarff - WPA-Pool /Getty Images)
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    NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 27: People wait in line for food being handed out by volunteers to residents in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on November 27, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. The state of New York has said that Superstorm Sandy has cost upwards of $42 billion. This price, for which congressional leaders will make requests for federal disaster aid to help pay, includes $32 billion for repairs and restoration. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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    NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 27: Workers for Parks and Recreation work to clean up a park on the ocean in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on November 27, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. The state of New York has said that Superstorm Sandy has cost upwards of $42 billion. This price, for which congressional leaders will make requests for federal disaster aid to help pay, includes $32 billion for repairs and restoration. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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    NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 27: A worker with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) works on the sewer system in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on November 27, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. The state of New York has said that Superstorm Sandy has cost upwards of $42 billion. This price, for which congressional leaders will make requests for federal disaster aid to help pay, includes $32 billion for repairs and restoration. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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    NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 27: A swimming pool is cleared of sand in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on November 27, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. The state of New York has said that Superstorm Sandy has cost upwards of $42 billion. This price, for which congressional leaders will make requests for federal disaster aid to help pay, includes $32 billion for repairs and restoration. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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    MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 27: Health workers shout during a demonstration held on the second day of a two day general strike on November 27, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. For the first time, all trade unions have called for a 48 hours general strike for the health workers in the Madrid region to protest against the privatisation of some parts of Spain's national health service. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)
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    Susan Walsh - AP
    AIDS activist Jennifer Flynn, second from left, and others protest inside House Speaker Boehner's Office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. The protestors stripped naked inside the office until they were ordered to leave by Capitol Hill police. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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    Christian Murdock - AP
    Retired school teacher Elaine Doudna joins about 20 other protesters Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, outside City Hall in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo., as they speak out against fracking for oil and gas in El Paso County before the city council meeting. "It's something I really, really feel strong about, " Doudna said. The rally was sponsored by the Colorado Springs Citizens for Community Rights, a group formed to promote clean air, water and soil. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
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    David Coates - AP
    Fourth grader Ryan Muse sits on his bike at Barber Focus School in Highland Park, Mich., on Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012. The Universal Surveillance Systems Foundation returned to Michigan to donate a total of 200 bicycles to two K-8 schools in Highland Park. (AP Photo/Detroit News, ) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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    Kostas Tsironis - Bloomberg
    Pedestrians pass the Greek parliament on Syntagma square in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. European finance ministers eased the terms on emergency aid for Greece, declaring after three years of false starts that Europe has found the formula for nursing the debt-stricken country back to health. Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg
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    Plaintiff Colleen Farrell, a U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant, speaks during a media conference Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in San Francisco. Several active women military personnel have filed a federal lawsuit to demand combat action, requesting all branches of the military to remove the so-called combat exclusionary rule that bars women from fighting on the front lines. This suit, to be filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, is believed to be the first involving active duty military personnel. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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    Damian Dovarganes - AP
    Tim Swanson checking a memorial for victim, 31-year-old Phillip Moreno is shown in Torrance, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Moreno was struck late Saturday by a car driven by Sherri Wilkins. Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed murder and drunken-driving charges against Wilkins, a substance abuse counselor, who allegedly struck Moreno and drove for more than two miles with the dying victim on the hood of her car. Moreno died at a hospital. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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    Mike Kittrell - AP
    Police officers salute as the hearse arrives for the graveside service of Baldwin County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Ward at Fairhope Memory Gardens Cemetery Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in Fairhope, Ala. Ward was killed Friday evening in the line of duty. (AP Photo/Mobile Press-Register, Mike Kittrell)
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    Mike Kittrell - AP
    Andrea Ward, second from left, is consoled after her husband's graveside service at Fairhope Memory Gardens Cemetery Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in Fairhope, Ala. Baldwin County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Ward was killed Friday evening in the line of duty. (AP Photo/Mobile Press-Register, Mike Kittrell) MAGS OUT
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    TITISEE-NEUSTADT, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 27: Candles are layed at a Caritas employment facility for handicapped where a fire killed 14 people on November 27, 2012 in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany. The fire was reportedly caused by an explosion at the facility, where approximately 120 people with disabilities are employed in light manufacturing. (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)
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    Julio Cortez - AP
    PATH superintendent of Power, Signals and Communications Division Radomir Bulayev, left, and Deputy Director Stephen Kingsberry watch as incoming train passes inside a tunnel, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. While parts of the trans-Hudson service have gradually returned to operation since Superstorm Sandy, the Hoboken station has been closed, leaving thousands of commuters to seek alternatives. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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    Nathan Denette - AP
    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford hoists the Grey Cup on stage with Toronto Argonauts players while celebrating the team's Grey Cup victory in downtown Toronto on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. The Argonauts defeated the Calgary Stampeders 35-22 in the 100th Grey Cup on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)
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    Michael Sohn - AP
    Hamburg goalkeeper Rene Adler saves a shot during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Schalke 04 in Hamburg, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Hamburg defeated Schalke by 3-1. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) - NO MOBILE USE UNTIL 2 HOURS AFTER THE MATCH, WEBSITE USERS ARE OBLIGED TO COMPLY WITH DFL-RESTRICTIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR DETAILS -
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    Michael Sohn - AP
    Hamburg's Artjoms Rudnevs of Latvia, bottom, and Schalke's Kyriakos Papadopoulos of Greece, top, challenge for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Schalke 04 in Hamburg, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) - NO MOBILE USE UNTIL 2 HOURS AFTER THE MATCH, WEBSITE USERS ARE OBLIGED TO COMPLY WITH DFL-RESTRICTIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR DETAILS -
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    Fernando Vergara - AP
    A man waves a banner in front of Colombia's Congress building where members of the LGBT gathered to show support for a proposed bill to legalize same sex marriage, being debating on by legislators, in Bogota, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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    Aijaz Rahi - AP
    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama addresses Tibetan exiles living in Bangalore, in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. The 77-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner travels across the world to give talks. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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    Efrem Lukatsky - AP
    A playground in the deserted town of Pripyat, Ukraine, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear plant Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Workers on Tuesday raised the first section of a colossal arch-shaped structure that is eventually to cover the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. Project officials on Tuesday hailed the raising as a significant step in a complex effort to liquidate the consequences of the world's worst nuclear accident, in 1986. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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    Ricardo Arduengo - AP
    People file past the casket of former boxing champion Hector ÒMachoÓ Camacho during a memorial in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Hundreds of people took pictures and filed past Camacho's open casket displayed inside a gymnasium. The boxer wore white, along with a large gold crucifix and a necklace spelling out his nickname, ÒMacho,Ó in capital letters. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
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    YORK, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 27: A night view of buildings beside the River Ouse on November 27,2012 in York, England. Floodwaters threaten hundreds of homes in Wales and England, as river levels continue to rise exacerbated by further water running into already saturated areas. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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    JACQUELINE DORMER - AP
    Snow covers berries on a tree in Pottsville, Pa. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. A wintry storm heading into eastern Pennsylvania is expected to bring the first significant snow fall to the Philadelphia area. The National Weather Service is forecasting 2 to 4 inches of snow to fall Tuesday in the city's northern and western suburbs. (AP Photo/Republican-Herald, Jacqueline Dormer)
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    LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Dita Von Tesse attends the British Fashion Awards 2012 at The Savoy Hotel on November 27, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
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    Wong Maye-E - AP
    Models showcase creations by Chinese designer Guo Pei on Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012, in Singapore during the Asian Couture 2012 Singapore fashion show. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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    Wong Maye-E - AP
    A model showcases a creation by Chinese designer Guo Pei on Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012, in Singapore during the Asian Couture 2012 Singapore fashion show. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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    Wong Maye-E - AP
    A model showcases a creation by Chinese designer Guo Pei on Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012, in Singapore during the Asian Couture 2012 Singapore fashion show. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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    Wong Maye-E - AP
    A model showcases a creation by Chinese designer Guo Pei on Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012 in Singapore, during the Asian Couture 2012 Singapore fashion show.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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    Wong Maye-E - AP
    A model showcases a creation by Chinese designer Guo Pei on Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012 in Singapore, during the Asian Couture 2012 Singapore fashion show. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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    Wong Maye-E - AP
    Models showcase creations by Chinese designer Guo Pei on Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012, in Singapore during the Asian Couture 2012 Singapore fashion show. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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    Wong Maye-E - AP
    A reflection of a model is seen as she showcases a creation by Chinese designer Guo Pei on Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012, in Singapore during the Asian Couture 2012 Singapore fashion show. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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