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--FILE-- In this Nov. 18, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama gestures to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao prior to a meeting at the Diaoyutai state guest house in Beijing. China says Wen will take part in next month's Copenhagen climate summit. (AP Photo/David Gray, Pool, file)

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China announces ... --FILE-- In this Nov. 18, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama gestures to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao prior to a meeting at the Diaoyutai state guest house in Beijing. China says Wen will take part in next month's Copenhagen climate summit. (AP Photo/David Gray, Pool, file)
Prime suspect in... Gubernatorial candidate and Vice Mayor Ismael Mangudadatu grieves during the burial of his wife and other family members in Buluan town, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. Authorities say a scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in Maguindanao province has turned himself in. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Ex-CNN host Lou ... FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York. Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as "an intermediary step" that could lead to a run for the White House. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Tight economy fo... Security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport are short Wednesday morning, Nov. 25, 2009. Millions of Americans got an early jump on their Thanksgiving travel Wednesday, with many opting to drive or take trains and buses instead of shelling out more money for flights amid a sour economy still hitting household budgets hard. (AP Photo/Dorie Turner)
LA suburb's rebi... File - In this March 26,2009 file photo, Tesla Motors Chairman, CEO and product architect Elon Musk, right, and chief designer Franz Von Holzhausen, left, drive the prototype Tesla Model S all-electric 5-door sedan after its unveiling Hawthorne, Calif. The City Council in Downey Calif. a southeastern Los Angeles county on Wednesday unanimously approved an agreement aimed at luring Tesla Motors' electric car manufacturing plant to the former site of a NASA plant that helped develop the Apollo program and the space shuttle fleet. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon,File)
Israel's Lieberm... Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, right, talks as as his German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle, listens during a press conference following their meeting in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Westerwelle is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. (AP Photo/ Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Mumbai commemora... A security guard of the Trident hotel salutes to pay homage to victims during a memorial service to mark the first anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, at the Trident hotel, one of the sites of the attack, in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Ahead of Thursday's first anniversary of the deadly terror attacks that paralyzed Mumbai for 60 terrifying hours, groups around the city held vigils, calling for police reform and painting murals to remember the 166 killed. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Obama to plead U... President Obama speaks during the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
INSIDE WASHINGTO... FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. From left: Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson; Obama; American Medical Association President J. James Rohack; SEIU Healthcare chair Dennis Rivera; and Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)
Nets' losing str... New Jersey Nets basketball coach Lawrence Frank reacts from the bench during the first half of the Nets' NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
Asian stocks fal... FILE - In this May 10, 2006 file photo, a one euro coin is posed on top an U.S. one dollar bill in Frankfurt, central Germany. The dollar slid to a 15-month low against the euro Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, as investors fled the safe haven currency on upbeat U.S. economic reports. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Couple slips tho... This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, left, with Michaele Salahi and Tareq Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES
Activist group p... This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com) --NO SALES--
Ga. nurse anesth... In this undated photo released by the Cobb County police, Paul Patrick Serdula, is seen. Police say an Atlanta area nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and they say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims. Serdula, who worked in dental and medical offices across the Atlanta area, was arrested Monday night on child molestation and sodomy charges. (AP Photo/Cobb County Police)
Report: 10-time ... FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2009, file photo, Memphis Grizzlies' Allen Iverson brings the ball upcourt against the Los Angeles Lakers during an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. Iverson is set to retire from the NBA, according to an online report, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Commentator Stephen A. Smith published a statement on his Web site Wednesday attributed to Iverson. It says Iverson plans to retire but also that "I feel strongly that I can still compete at the highest level." (AP Photo/Lori Shepler, File)
Vicki Kennedy de... In this photo taken Nov. 20, 2009 and released by Harpo Productions, Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, right, talks with Vicky Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, in her first television interview since her husband's passing during taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." The episode will air on Wednesday, Nov. 25. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions Inc., George Burns)
White House defe... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Stores look to b... FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2009 file photo, hhoppers check out Black Friday early bird specials at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. The traditional holiday shopping season is about to start as stores prepare for hordes of Black Friday shoppers. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file)
Obama expects su... U.S. Army Stf. Sgt. Robert J. Brunner, from Phoenix, Arizona, of the 1st Platoon, Able Troop 3-71 Cavalry Squadron, scopes the perimeter while patrolling in the village of Baraki Rajn, Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
Pakistan charges... An armed commando stands guard at the Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 on the eve of the first anniversary of terror attacks. Ten militants with assault rifles fanned out across Mumbai last Nov. 26, attacking a train station, hotels, and other targets, paralyzing India's financial capital and shocking the country killing 166 people. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Evening gowns, s... President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur to the State Dinner at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Palin stops in F... Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography, "Going Rogue", at the North Post Exchange at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
Saints remain un... New Orleans Saints tight end David Thomas (85) steps over a missed tackle by Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Tanard Jackson during an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Thousands of str... This undated photo released by Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth at 2,750 meters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of marine species eke out an existence in the ocean's pitch-black depths by feeding on the snowlike decaying matter that cascades down, and even sunken whale bones, according to a report released Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Larry Madin) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Iran rejects UN-... Map locates uranium enrichment plant in Iran
Smart kidnapper'... Elizabeth Smart kidnapper, Wanda Barzee, walks to a car following a hearing in federal court, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Barzee plead guilty to kidnapping and illegal transportation of a minor across state lines for the 2002 kidnapping of Smart with her partner, Brian David Mitchell. (AP Photo/Colin Braley)
Afghans on hold,... Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan Foreign Minister, during an interview with the AP at his house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Abdullah spoke about the uncertainty in Afghanistan as Afghans wait to find out if the U.S. and other nations will send thousands more troops, if the newly elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai will fight corruption and how the U.N.'s decision to send hundreds of workers safely out of the country will impact humanitarian work. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Obama, Chinese p... President Barack Obama, left, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, gesture to each other during the arrival at Diaoyutai State Guest House before their bilateral meeting in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Study: New devic... In this Nov. 13, 2009 photo, Leonor Ortiz Childers, 46, plays with her children, 3-year-old twins Miranda and Javier, right, and 18-month-old twins Julian and Ava, left, in Durham, N.C. Leonor developed heart failure suddenly when she had to be treated for breast cancer while pregnant with her second set of twins. The HeartMate II heart pump has kept Leonor alive for a year without the need of a heart transplant. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)
Colts take advan... New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick walks off the field after an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Indianapolis. Colts beat Patriots 35-34. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Bombing at polic... Pakistani police officials and local residents gather at the site of car bombing at a police station in Badh Ber near Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. A pickup truck laden with explosives attacked a police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing people in an area that has become the focal point for militant retaliation against a recent army offensive. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
MIA dog found in... In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, Australian explosive detection dog Sabi is photographed at Forward Operating Base Ripley in Tarin Kowt, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Sabi that disappeared during a fierce battle in Afghanistan between Australian troops and militant fighters has been found and returned to its unit after more than a year. Sabi was with a joint Australian-Afghan army patrol ambushed in restive Uruzgan province in September 2008, but there was no sign of Sabi after the battle that followed - until now. (AP Photo/Andrew Mearse, Pool)
Police: Mike Tys... Media interview Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Aaron McCraney, left, after Mike Tyson was booked and released on suspicion of battery at the Los Angeles Police Department's 77th Street Regional Headquarters in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Tyson allegedly hit a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
Suns use 40-poin... Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash tries to pass the ball to a teammate as he heads out-of-bounds in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Hornets Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Lady Antebellum,... This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. After three years without a winner in a NASA-backed competition to develop the science fiction space elevator concept, the team from Seattle on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 collected $900,000 after its laser-powered robotic machine raced up more than 2,950 feet (nearly 1 kilometer) of cable dangling from a helicopter. (AP Photo/NASA, Tom Tschida)
Israel: commando... An Israeli military police officer stands next to rockets seized by Israeli authorities on a ship near Cyprus, and presented in the port of the Israeli city of Ashdod, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas, the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov )
One year after, ... A man walks with the Indian national flag in front of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai
No Thanksgiving ... Pedestrians pass in front of a Macy's shop window display in New York
Honduras Supreme... Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Zelaya protest against the upcoming election, outside the National Congress in Tegucigalpa
Two journalists ... Undated handout photo shows kidnapped Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan
Israel halts som... A Palestinian labourer works at a construction site in Gilo
Obama offers U.S... President Obama speaks during joint news conference with PM of India Singh at the White House in Washington
U.S. will be out... An Afghan policeman frisks an Afghan man at a checkpoint near of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Tillman
Exclusive: ElBar... IAEA Director General ElBaradei reacts during an interview with Reutes in Vienna's U.N. headquarters
Obama's agenda r... U.S. President Barack Obama speaks alongside his daughters Sasha and Malia, during a turkey pardoning ceremony for "Courage", the National Thanksgiving Turkey, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington
Pakistan court c... Photographers run past a burning Taj Mahal Hotel during a gun battle in Mumbai
India vigilant b... Schoolgirls walk past wall riddled with bullet holes at Nariman House in Mumbai
Obama to give pr... A U.S. soldier of 2-12 Infantry 4BCT-4ID Task Force Mountain Warrior takes a break during a night mission near Honaker Miracle camp
Obama to attend ... President Obama speaks during joint news conference with PM of India Singh at the White House in Washington
Prisoner deal hi... File photo of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit
U.S., U.N. prese... Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi attends the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Sharm el-Sheikh
WHO probing drug... National Councillor Fiala receives a vaccination during a H1N1 swine flu virus vaccination session for members of the national parliament, during the winter parliament session in Bern
Atlantis leaves ... Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, waves at his space-walking crewmates from inside the crew cabin of the space shuttle Atlantis
Atlantis leaves ... The top exterior of Space Shuttle Atlantis' crew cabin is seen in this image taken by an STS-129 spacewalker
Eleven more bodi... A backhoe lifts the wreckage of a local television network's vehicle that was unearthed from a shallow grave in Maguindanao
New York rally p... File photo of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khmer Rouge jail... Duch listens during his trial by a U.N.-backed tribunal at the ECCC on the outskirts of Phnom Penh
Obama seeks to r... U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome India's PM Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur for state dinner in Washington
U.S. third-quart... Pedestrians are reflected in the glass side of the John Hancock Tower in downtown Boston
Rajaratnam denie... Galleon hedge fund partner Rajaratnam is escorted by FBI agents after being taken into custody in New York
Iran says needs ... Iran's President Ahmadinejad speaks during a ceremony at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility
Big Bang machine... Scientists look at a computer screen at the control centre of the CERN in Geneva
Obama says boost... U.S. President Obama in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington
South Carolina g... South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford pauses as he speaks to the media about his secret trip to Argentina and admits to an extramarital affair at the State House in Columbia
China attacks "b... People use computers at an internet cafe in Taiyuan
U.S. to bring em... A general view shows a coal-burning power station at night in Xiangfan
Israel-Hamas pri... File photo of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit
U.S. existing ho... A home is seen for sale in the Washington suburb of Takoma Park
U.S. existing ho... A "for sale" sign sits outside a house in Miami Beach
Iran gained $5 b... A storekeeper counts money beside his cash register at his shop in Tehran
Pakistani forces... Men, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, line up while waiting for their turn to collect handouts at a distribution point for IDPs in Dera Ismail Khan
Taylor Swift win... Taylor Swift reacts on satellite television picture after winning artist of the year at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles
Radiation leak i... A view of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant from Goldsboro
Dimon seen as su... Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, speaks at the Securities Industry and Financial Marketers Association annual meeting in New York