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    Nariman El-Mofty - AP
    A general view of Tahrir Square during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Liberal and secular parties held major protests against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's latest decrees granting himself almost complete powers. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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    Khalil Hamra - AP
    Egyptian protesters chant anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans as they attend a rally in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Egypt's opposition has called for a major rally Friday in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where some demonstrators have camped out in tents since last week to protest decrees that President Mohammed Morsi issued to grant himself sweeping powers. Hundreds gathered in the plaza for traditional Friday prayers, then broke into chants of "The people want to bring down the regime!" — echoing the refrain of the Arab Spring revolts, but this time against a democratically elected leader. Other cities around Egypt braced for similar protests.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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    Nariman El-Mofty - AP
    An Egyptian boy holds his father's hands during a demonstration in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Liberal and secular parties held major protests against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's latest decrees granting himself almost complete powers. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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    Mohammed Ballas - AP
    A Palestinian Christian youth hangs up the national flag on a cross as others pray at St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church, also know as the Church of the Ten Lepers, in the West Bank village of Burqin near the town of Jenin, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Palestinians celebrated the U.N. General Assembly votes on a resolution to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember observer state. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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    Palestinians celebrate as they watch a screen showing the U.N. General Assembly votes on a resolution to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember observer state, In the west bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The U.N. General Assembly has voted by a more than two-thirds majority to recognize the state of Palestine. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the United Nations was approved by the 193-member world body late Thursday by a vote of 138-9 with 41 abstentions. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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    Palestinians celebrate in the streets on November 29, 2012 in Ramallah, the West Bank. The U.N. General Assembly today voted 138-9, with 41 abstentions, to upgrade the Palestinian Authority's status to non-member observer state. Among nations voting no were the U.S., Israel and Canada. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    Jerome Delay - AP
    Police Nationale du Congo officers who fled Goma when M23 rebels took over the city Nov. 18 2012, return on a barge to the port of Goma, eastern Congo, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. The police force were returning to resume control on Friday, as had been agreed by the regional bloc. Rebels in Congo believed to be backed by Rwanda postponed their departure Friday from the key eastern city of Goma by 48 hours for “logistical reasons,” defying for a second time an ultimatum set by neighboring African countries and backed by Western diplomats. The delay raises the possibility that the M23 rebels don’t intend to leave the city they seized last week, giving credence to a United Nations Group of Experts report which argues that neighboring Rwanda is using the rebels as a proxy to annex territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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    Jerome Delay - AP
    M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27 kms west of Goma, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. Rebels in Congo believed to be backed by Rwanda postponed their departure Friday from the key eastern city of Goma by 48 hours for “logistical reasons,” defying for a second time an ultimatum set by neighboring African countries and backed by Western diplomats. The delay raises the possibility that the M23 rebels don’t intend to leave the city they seized last week, giving credence to a United Nations Group of Experts report which argues that neighboring Rwanda is using the rebels as a proxy to annex territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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    Jerome Delay - AP
    M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27 kms west of Goma, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. Rebels in Congo believed to be backed by Rwanda postponed their departure Friday from the key eastern city of Goma by 48 hours for “logistical reasons,” defying for a second time an ultimatum set by neighboring African countries and backed by Western diplomats. The delay raises the possibility that the M23 rebels don’t intend to leave the city they seized last week, giving credence to a United Nations Group of Experts report which argues that neighboring Rwanda is using the rebels as a proxy to annex territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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    Jerome Delay - AP
    A M23 rebel stands with his weapon as M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27 kms west of Goma, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. Rebels in Congo believed to be backed by Rwanda postponed their departure Friday from the key eastern city of Goma by 48 hours for “logistical reasons,” defying for a second time an ultimatum set by neighboring African countries and backed by Western diplomats. The delay raises the possibility that the M23 rebels don’t intend to leave the city they seized last week, giving credence to a United Nations Group of Experts report which argues that neighboring Rwanda is using the rebels as a proxy to annex territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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    Hassan Ammar - AP
    Syrian children look through their car window as they cross into Lebanon with their families at the border crossing, in Masnaa, eastern Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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    Narciso Contreras - AP
    In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 photo, night falls on a Syrian rebel-controlled area as destroyed buildings, including Dar Al-Shifa hospital, are seen on Sa'ar street after airstrikes targeted the area last week, killing dozens in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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    Gemunu Amarasinghe - AP
    Supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reach to touch her hand as she leaves after a public meeting close to Letpadaung mine in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Suu Kyi is urging a negotiated resolution to protests over a military-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar after the government's biggest crackdown on demonstrators since reformist President Thein Sein took office last year. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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    Gemunu Amarasinghe - AP
    Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reaches for supporters as she leaves after a public meeting close to Letpadaung mine in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Suu Kyi is urging a negotiated resolution to protests over a military-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar after the government's biggest crackdown on demonstrators since reformist President Thein Sein took office last year. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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    Ben Curtis - AP
    In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, a young schoolboy makes handstands during break in the yard of the Hot Courses Primary School, in the village of Nyumbani which caters to children who lost their parents to HIV, and grandparents who lost their children to HIV, with the bookend generations taking care of one another, in Kenya. Saturday, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day, and UNAIDS says that as of 2011 an estimated 23.5 million people living with HIV resided in sub-Saharan Africa, representing 69 percent of the global HIV burden, with eastern and southern Africa the hardest-hit regions. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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    Matej Leskovsek - AP
    Riot police detain protesters outside the parliament building in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, Nov. 20, 2012. Thousands joined anti-government protests in Slovenia on Friday as tensions soared ahead of this weekend's presidential runoff in the small, economically struggling EU nation. (AP Photo/Matej Leskovsek)
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    Peter Dejong - AP
    A Dutch police officer talks to a man as the police evict close to 100 asylum seekers from a makeshift camp in a school yard in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. The camp was set up to protest the plight of people whose applications for political asylum have been rejected by Dutch authorities but who say they cannot return to their homelands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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    Peter Dejong - AP
    Dutch police evict dozens of asylum seekers from a makeshift camp in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. The camp was set up to protest the plight of people whose applications for political asylum have been rejected by Dutch authorities but who say they cannot return to their homelands. The poster left reads: "You don't flee for fun" and "Stop criminalizing of refugees". (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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    Amine Landoulsi - AP
    A woman from the Tunisian town of Siliana demonstrates with a poster reading: "Justice is cheaper than gun fires" , Thursday, Nov. 30, 2012 in Tunis. Tunisia's Prime Minister accused opposition parties and unions Thursday of provoking three days of violent clashes in Siliana and pleaded for patience while the government tackles the nation's economic problems. The army had to intervene Thursday between police and protesters in the interior town of Siliana to stave off another day of clashes as striking residents demanded jobs, government investment and the resignation of the local governor. (AP Photo/Amine Landoulsi)
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    Kirsty Wigglesworth - AP
    A Sotheby's employee looks at a painting, a portrait of Giovanni Gaddi (1493-1542) which is yet to find a convincing attribution, during a press viewing in London, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. The painting estimated at 600,000-800,000 pounds (960,500-1,280,500 US Dollars) will go on sale in the evening sale of Old Master Paintings and Drawings on Dec. 5 in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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    Rajanish Kakade - AP
    Mayor of London Boris Johnson poses with the bronze statue of a bull outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) after the launch of new carbon market index at an event in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Johnson is in India to promote London as the destination of choice for investors and international trade, according to press release. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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    Michel Euler - AP
    Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, left, and European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, right, talk during a panel on"growth and integration with solidarity, what kind of strategy for Europe?" at the finance ministry in Paris, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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    Kim Raff - AP
    Students mourn during a vigil for a student who died in an apparent suicide on a pedestrian bridge near Bennion Junior High School in Taylorsville, Utah, on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley says a 14-year-old boy had left Bennion Junior High with his mother about 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The ninth-grader later returned to a pedestrian bridge near the school just before 3 p.m. and came upon several students who had just gotten out of school for the day, said Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal. He pulled out a handgun and shot himself in the head, Hoyal said. He was taken by ambulance but died a short while later. Police are not yet identifying the teenager. More than 200 people gathered at the bridge, candles in hand, for a vigil. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Kim Raff)
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    Brennan Linsley - AP
    1st Lt. Aaron Dunn kisses his wife Leanne, holding their baby Emma, age 14 months, following an arrival ceremony for soldiers returning from a deployment in Afghanistan, at Ft. Carson, in Colorado Springs, Colo., before sun up Friday Nov. 30, 2012. 1st Lt. Dunn, with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, had not seen his wife and baby since he deployed in February. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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    Cliff Owen - AP
    Derailed freight train cars lay in water in Paulsboro, N.J., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. People in three southern New Jersey towns were told Friday to stay inside after the freight train derailed and several tanker cars carrying hazardous materials toppled from a bridge and into a creek. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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    Cliff Owen - AP
    Several cars lay in the water after a freight train derailed in Paulsboro, N.J., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. People in three southern New Jersey towns were told Friday to stay inside after the freight train derailed and several tanker cars carrying hazardous materials toppled from a bridge and into a creek. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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    Mel Evans - AP
    Officials examine a derailed freight train tank car in Paulsboro, N.J., Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2012. People in three southern New Jersey towns were told Friday to stay inside after a freight train derailed and several tanker cars carrying hazardous materials toppled from a bridge and into a creek. At least one tanker car may contain vinyl chloride, Gloucester County Emergency Management director J. Thomas Butts told WPVI-TV. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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    Mel Evans - AP
    Officials stand next to derailed freight train cars in Paulsboro, N.J., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, after several tanker cars carrying hazardous materials toppled from a bridge and into a creek. At least one tanker car may contain vinyl chloride, Gloucester County Emergency Management director J. Thomas Butts told WPVI-TV. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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    Michael S. Wirtz - AP
    President Barack Obama waves after speaking at the Rodon Group, which manufactures over 95% of the parts for K'NEX Brands toys, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, in Hatfield, Pa. The visit comes as the White House continues a week of public outreach efforts, while also attempting to negotiate a deal with congressional leaders. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Michael S. Wirtz)
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    Mark and Cindy Hill hold a Powerball check with their three of their four children, Jarod, left, Cody and six-year-old Jaiden in Dearborn, Mo., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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    Cindy Hill, left, with her son Jason, daughter Jaiden, husband Mark Hill, second from right, and son Cody, right, laugh during the news conference, Friday, November 30, 2012, at North Platte High School in Dearborn, Missouri, after the family claimed $293,750,000 as co-winners in the Powerball lottery jackpot. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
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    People dive off Manly Wharf on November 30, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. Temperatures in the high 30s and low 40s are expected to hit parts of the state over the weekend. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
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    Runners circle at the start of The Q Associates Juvenile Hurdle Race at Newbury racecourse on November 30, 2012 in Newbury, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)
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    People fish from Inversnaid Pier on November 30, 2012 in Loch Lomond, Scotland. Weather warnings have been issued as temperatures start to fall below freezing across many parts of the UK. The cold snap follows recent, severe flooding, which has affected areas of Western and Northen England. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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    ARTHUR EDWARDS - AP
    Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, centre, plays hockey during her visit to St. Andrew’s School, where she attended school from 1986 till 1995, in Pangbourne, England, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. The Duchess of Cambridge has gone back to school. The royal, formerly known as Kate Middleton, played hockey and revealed her childhood nickname — Squeak — when she returned to her elementary school for a visit Friday. Kate told teachers and students at the private St. Andrew's School in southern England that her 10 years there were "some of my happiest years." She said that she enjoyed it so much that she had told her mother she wanted to return as a teacher. (AP Photo/Arthur Edwards, Pool)
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    Alvaro Barrientos - AP
    Several elderly people enjoy the sunshine seated on a public bench, at Plaza del Castillo square, during a cold Autumn day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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    Wong Maye-E - AP
    A model showcases a creation by French designer Yin Yiqing Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 in Singapore during the French Couture 2012 Singapore fashion show. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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    Wong Maye-E - AP
    A model showcases a creation by French designer Yin Yiqing Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 in Singapore during the French Couture 2012 Singapore fashion show. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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    Alessandro Trovati - AP
    Christof Innerhofer, of Italy, reacts after his run at the men's World Cup downhill ski race in Beaver Creek, Colo., on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
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