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    Alexander Zemlianichenko - AP
    People walk past a Christmas tree in Red Square, with the GUM State Department Store at right, in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. A heavy snow fall hit Moscow early morning but it melts in the above-zero temperature. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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    The Birmingham Christmas Tree lights up Linn Park in downtown Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/AL.com, Mark Almond)
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    Daniel Ochoa De Olza - AP
    People queue to enter a government job center in Madrid, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. The number of people officially registered as unemployed in Spain has edged up toward 5 million as the country's recession shows few signs of abating and its struggling banks await crucial bailout cash, Spain's Labor Ministry said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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    Emilio Morenatti - AP
    A shoeshine reads a newspaper as he waits for customers in a street in Madrid, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. The number of people officially registered as unemployed in Spain has edged up toward 5 million as the country's recession shows few signs of abating and its struggling banks await crucial bailout cash, Spain's Labor Ministry said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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    Karlos Manlupig - AP
    Philippine National Police clear a highway of toppled coconut trees after Typhoon Bopha made a landfall in Compostela Valley in southeastern Philippines Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012. A Philippine governor says at least 33 villagers and soldiers have drowned when torrents of water dumped by the powerful typhoon rushed down a mountain, engulfing the victims and bringing the death toll from the storm to about 40. (AP Photo/Karlos Manlupig)
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    Karlos Manlupig - AP
    Residents prepare to assess their house which was damaged by Typhoon Bopha in Butuan city in southeastern Philippines Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012. A Philippine governor says at least 33 villagers and soldiers have drowned when torrents of water dumped by the powerful typhoon rushed down a mountain, engulfing the victims and bringing the death toll from the storm to about 40. (AP Photo/Erwin Mascarinas)
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    Hatem Moussa - AP
    A Palestinian woman pushes a girl in a wheelchair past a destroyed stadium during a march to mark the UN International Day of People with Disability in Gaza City, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Each year the day focuses on a different issue and the theme this year is "Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all." (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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    A worker welds a machine part at the Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company plant in Kharagpur, India, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. The Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company is a joint venture of Tata Motors and Hitachi Construction Machinery which produces cost effective construction equipment for developing markets across the globe. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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    Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
    Indian laborers work to construct a temporary pontoon bridge over the River Ganges for the upcoming Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India,Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the festival in January 2013, which falls every twelfth year. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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    LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: Members of the World's media gather as two Policemen stand guard in the early evening at the King Edward VII Private Hospital on December 4, 2012 in London, England. The Duchess of Cambridge spent her first night in the hospital after yesterday's announement of her pregnancy and the fact she was suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum or acute morning sickness. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX***
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    LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 03: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge is seen leaving the King Edward VII Hospital on December 3, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Danny Martindale/Getty Images)
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    Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami activists block a road with burning tires during a nationwide strike on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. The opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party called the strike to demand authorities halt trials of its top leaders on charges of crimes against humanity during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan. (AP Photo)
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    LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 03: Singer Kesha performs onstage during KIIS FM's 2012 Jingle Ball at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on December 3, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Clear Channel)
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    Stephen Morton - AP
    U.S. Army Sgt. Aaron Brewster is welcomed home by his parents Steve Brewster, right, and Sharon Brewster during a welcome home ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 in Fort Stewart, Ga. About 200 soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team returned home from their 9-month deployment to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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    Nick Ut - AP
    Shipping containers are seen as port operations are halted during a strike at the Port of Los Angeles Tuesday, December 4, 2012. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says both sides in a strike at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have agreed to federal mediation. However, the union representing clerical workers says the strike now in its eighth day will continue. Clerical workers are striking 10 terminals at the nation's busiest port complex and dockworkers won't cross picket lines. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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    Narciso Contreras - AP
    In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 photo, a Syrian man runs for cover during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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    Narciso Contreras - AP
    Syrians walk past damaged homes during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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    Narciso Contreras - AP
    General view of buildings in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Temperatures dropped to 16 degrees Celsius (60.8 Fahrenheit) in Aleppo. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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    Maya Alleruzzo - AP
    An Egyptian woman holds a national flag as she listens to speakers, not pictured, in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Hundreds of black-clad riot police deployed around the Itihadiya palace in Cairo's district of Heliopolis. Barbed wire was also placed outside the complex, and side roads leading to it were blocked to traffic. Protesters gathered at Cairo's Tahrir square and several other points not far from the palace to march to the presidential complex. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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    Nasser Nasser - AP
    Egyptian protesters chant anti Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a demonstration in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. A protest by tens of thousands of Egyptians outside the presidential palace in Cairo turned violent on Tuesday as tensions grew over Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and a draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his allies. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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    Maya Alleruzzo - AP
    Fireworks burst over Tahrir Square as protesters gather in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. A protest by tens of thousands of Egyptians outside the presidential palace in Cairo turned violent on Tuesday as tensions grew over Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers Thousands of protesters also gathered in Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square, miles away from the palace, to join several hundred who have been camping out there for nearly two weeks. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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    Maya Alleruzzo - AP
    Protesters chant slogans and wave national flags in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Hundreds of black-clad riot police deployed around the Itihadiya palace in Cairo's district of Heliopolis. Barbed wire was also placed outside the complex, and side roads leading to it were blocked to traffic. Protesters gathered at Cairo's Tahrir square and several other points not far from the palace to march to the presidential complex. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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    Moises Castillo - AP
    Software company founder John McAfee poses for pictures after a press conference outside the Supreme Court in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. McAfee, 67, who has been identified as a "person of interest" in the killing of his neighbor in Belize, 52-year-old Gregory Faull, has surfaced in public for the first time in weeks, saying Tuesday that he plans to ask for asylum in Guatemala because he fears persecution in Belize. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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    Marcio Jose Sanchez - AP
    A worker from Pacific General Engineering works to clear the damage on the road caused by overflow water from Lafayette Creek in Lafayette, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Just as Northern California residents recovered from a series of wet, windy storms, another system on the way is expected to drench the area. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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    Eraldo Peres - AP
    Oxen skulls representing animals killed by the drought lay at the feet of security agents outside Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Brazilian farmers affected by the drought brought oxen skulls to the presidential palace and are asking the president to pardon their government bank debts. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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    Bebeto Matthews - AP
    Max Fauconnier swings alone during a preview of Ann Hamilton's multimedia art installation "the event of a thread," on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York. The participatory installation featuring 42 swings suspended from the Armory's elliptical ceiling and tethered to a massive white cloth, is Hamilton's first large scale project in the city in more than ten years and opens Dec. 5 for a month. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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    Eduardo Di Baia - AP
    Ecuador's President Rafael Correa gestures to the press outside the government palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Correa is in Argentina on a one-day visit to receive a free speech award from the journalism department of an Argentine university despite criticism that the leader has tried to muzzle his nation's press. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)
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    DORTMUND, GERMANY - DECEMBER 04: Julian Schieber of Dortmund scores his teams first goal against goalkeeper Joe Hart and Vincent Kompany of Manchester during the UEFA Champions League group D match between Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City at Signal Iduna Park on December 4, 2012 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX***
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    WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 4: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks at his weekly news conference following the Democratic luncheon in the U.S. Capitol on December 4, 2012 in Washington, DC. Reid addressed negotiations to avert the "fiscal cliff" and mentioned possible changes to filibuster rules in the Senate. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX***
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    HANOVER, GERMANY - DECEMBER 04: German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds up flowers after she was re-elected Chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with nearly 98% of delegates' votes at the CDU federal party convention as CDU General Secretary Hermann Groehe (L) and Lower Saxony Governor David McAllister look on on December 4, 2012 in Hanover, Germany. The CDU has a strong lead over its opponents though has recently lost the mayoral posts in several major German cities to opposition parties. Germany faces federal elections in 2013. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX***
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    ARIEL, WEST BANK - DECEMBER 04: (ISRAEL OUT) A Palestinian labourer works at a housing construction site on December 4, 2012 in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. Israel plans to build 3,000 new settler homes in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, a move that prompted wide-spread, international objections. Palestinians claim the plans, authorised a day after the UN upgraded the status of the Palestinians to non-member observer state, will bisect the West Bank and cut any future state in half. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX***
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    Alexandre Meneghini - AP
    Cadets stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem after a breakfast celebrating Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto's first visit to the Heroic Military College in Mexico City, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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    Ramon Espinosa - AP
    Dutch rebel Tanja Nijmeijer, of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, poses for a portrait in a bookstore next to images of revolutionary leaders Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos, on the sidelines of peace talks between the FARC and Colombia's government in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Nijmeijer, 34, who goes by Alexandra Narino, is a middle-class child of the Netherlands who is drawing plenty of attention within the rebel delegation during peace talks in Havana. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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    Elise Amendola - AP
    Harvard forward Jonah Travis (24) reaches in an attempt to steal the ball from Boston College guard Olivier Hanlan (21) during the second half of an NCAA basketball game in Boston, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Harvard won 79-63. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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    Matt Slocum - AP
    Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love, right, shoots past Philadelphia 76ers' Spencer Hawes in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in Philadelphia. Minnesota won 105-88. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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    Andy Manis - AP
    Wisconsin's Traevon Jackson, left, and Jared Berggren, right, work against Omaha-Nebraska's John Karhoff during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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    James Crisp - AP
    Kentucky coach John Calipari reacts to his team's play during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Samford at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Kentucky won 88-56. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
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    Yves Logghe - AP
    Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a media conference during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. NATO foreign ministers are expected to approve Turkey's request for Patriot anti-missile systems to bolster its defense against possible strikes from neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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    Yves Logghe - AP
    Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, walks out the room with a bandage on his left hand after he spoke at a media conference during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. NATO foreign ministers are expected to approve Turkey's request for Patriot anti-missile systems to bolster its defense against possible strikes from neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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    JERONIMO NISA - AP
    Aubrey Harper hugs a reindeer decoration as her father puts up Christmas lights in their house's front yard in Tanner, Ala. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Jeronimo Nisa)
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    KEANSBURG, NJ - NOVEMBER 01: (Best Of 2012) Damaged rides and debris are strewn across the Keansburg Amusement Park after Superstorm Sandy swept across the region, on November 1, 2012 in Keansburg, New Jersey. Superstorm Sandy, which has left millions without power or water, continues to effect business and daily life throughout much of the eastern seaboard. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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    Koji Sasahara - AP
    A man walks by an advertisement poster of a cosmetic company in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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    Amy Smotherman Burgess - AP
    Knoxville Zoo visitor Madison Jones watches a 11-month-old black bear cub get accustomed its new home Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in Knoxville, Tenn. The cub comes from the Wildlife Center of Virginia, a Waynesboro, Va., center that treats and rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife. If he hadn’t found a permanent home in Knoxville, the cub would have been euthanized. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Amy Smotherman Burgess)
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    Muhammed Muheisen - AP
    A Pakistani woman who sells camel milk waits with her child for customers on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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