Joanna Maranhao-Melo of Brazil competes to win the women's 400 meters individual medley final at the FINA swimming World Cup series in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

Joanna Maranhao-Melo of Brazil competes to win the women's 400 meters individual medley final at the FINA swimming World Cup series in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.

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  2. Children enjoy a ride on a merry-go-round at a fair organized on the occasion of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Sir Jeremy Greenstock leaves the Iraq Inquiry after giving evidence on November 27, 2009 in London, England. Sir Jeremy Greenstock held the position of UK Ambassador to the United Nations for five years, from 1998 to July 2003. A committee of Privy Counsellors lead by Sir John Chilcot will consider the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009, embracing the run-up to the conflict in Iraq, the military action and its aftermath.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Chairman of the Iraq Inquiry, Sir John Chilcot, leaves the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre at the end of the fourth day of the inquiry on November 27, 2009 in London, England. Sir John Chilcot will lead a committee of Privy Counsellors who will consider the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009, embracing the run-up to the conflict in Iraq, the military action and its aftermath.
  5. FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 27: Shoppers wait in line while shopping at Toys'R'Us during the Black Friday sales event in Fort Worth, Texas. Toys'R'Us stores nationwide opened at midnight Thursday, November 26, providing shoppers access to its Black Friday deals five hours earlier than ever before. According to the National Retail Federation, a trade organization, as many as 134 million people, 4.7% more than last year, will shop this Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
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  8. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Sir Jeremy Greenstock leaves the Iraq Inquiry after giving evidence on November 27, 2009 in London, England. Sir Jeremy Greenstock held the position of UK Ambassador to the United Nations for five years, from 1998 to July 2003. A committee of Privy Counsellors lead by Sir John Chilcot will consider the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009, embracing the run-up to the conflict in Iraq, the military action and its aftermath.
  9. FILE-- In this Saturday, May 16, 2009, file photo Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin demonstrates to the media his new Niva SUV, produced by Russia's biggest car maker Avtovaz, in his Black Sea residence in Sochi, southern Russia. French carmaker Renault agreed Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, to provide financial aid to Russia to help restructure the country's largest carmaker, Avtovaz, in which Renault has a 25 percent stake. The French economic daily Les Echos said the aid was valued at euro240 million ($358 million) but that Renault would not increase its stake in Avtovaz as the Russians had been seeking. In return, Renault would gain increased production capacity at the Avtovaz's Togliatti factory for cars for the Russian market.
  10. Traffic is seen at a crossroad in central Warsaw November 27, 2009.
  11. Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning (R) welcomes Jamaican Prime Minister Orette Bruce Golding at the National Academy for the Performing Arts to the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Governemnt Meeting in Port-Of-Spain November 27, 2009.
  12. Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Patrick Manning (R) welcomes Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo at the National Academy for the Performing Arts to the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Port-Of-Spain November 27, 2009.
  13. Police officers form Guard of honour as the coffin of PC Bill Barker arrives for his funeral at St Mary and St Michael church in Egremont, northern England, November 27, 2009. Barker was killed after being swept away when a bridge in Workington collapsed during floods on Friday, November 20, 2009.
  14. South African Graeme Smith runs after playing a shot during the One Day International game against England in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009.
  15. A Palestinian demonstrator covers his head with a plastic bag to avoid tear gas inhalation fired by Israeli troops during a protest against Israel's separation barrier outside the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab.
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