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  1. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  2. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  3. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  4. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  5. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  6. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  7. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Matt Cross (R) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  8. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  9. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, left, and Rev. Jesse Jackson talk after Duncan spoke at the Grantmakers for Education's National Conference in the Westin Hotel in Chicago, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. The recent beating death of a Chicago high school student has brought Duncan along with Attorney General Eric Holder to Chicago to discuss youth violence with Mayor Richard M. Daley.
  10. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, left, and Rev. Jesse Jackson talk after Duncan spoke at the Grantmakers for Education's National Conference in the Westin Hotel in Chicago, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. The recent beating death of a Chicago high school student has brought Duncan along with Attorney General Eric Holder to Chicago to discuss youth violence with Mayor Richard M. Daley.
  11. Vice President Joseph Biden, flanked by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaks at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families.
  12. Education Secretary Arne Duncan looks on as President Barack Obama talks to students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
  13. Education Secretary Arne Duncan looks on as President Barack Obama talks to students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
  14. Education Secretary Arne Duncan looks on as President Barack Obama talks to students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
  15. MADISON, WI - NOVEMBER 04: Students listen as President Barack Obama delivers an address about strengthening America's education system during a visit to Wright Middle School November 4, 2009 in Madison. Wisconsin. Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, announced the release of $4 billion in competitive grants to be awarded to schools throughout the United States.
  16. MADISON, WI - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. President Barack Obama greets a group of teachers, students and school officials following an address about strengthening America's education system during a visit to Wright Middle School November 4, 2009 in Madison. Wisconsin. Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, announced the release of $4 billion in competitive grants to be awarded to schools throughout the United States.

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