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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivers a speech in the conference hall on October 5, 2009 in Manchester, England. Britain's Conservatives are meeting in Manchester this week for their final party conference before next year's general election.

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  1. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivers a speech in the conference hall on October 5, 2009 in Manchester, England. Britain's Conservatives are meeting in Manchester this week for their final party conference before next year's general election.
  2. Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude speaks during the first day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, northwest England, on October 5, 2009. Britain's opposition Conservative leader David Cameron, who polls tip to become prime minister next year, on October 4 highlighted his hostility to the EU reform treaty despite its acceptance by Ireland.

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  1. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivers a speech in the conference hall on October 5, 2009 in Manchester, England. Britain's Conservatives are meeting in Manchester this week for their final party conference before next year's general election.
  2. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivers a speech in the conference hall on October 5, 2009 in Manchester, England. Britain's Conservatives are meeting in Manchester this week for their final party conference before next year's general election.
  3. Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude delivers a speech on the first day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, north-west England, on October 5, 2009. Britain's Conservatives meet for what many expect to be their last annual conference in opposition, as opinion polls put them on course to oust Prime Minister Gordon Brown by June 2010.
  4. Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude speaks during the first day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, northwest England, on October 5, 2009. Britain's opposition Conservative leader David Cameron, who polls tip to become prime minister next year, on October 4 highlighted his hostility to the EU reform treaty despite its acceptance by Ireland.
  5. A salesclerk donning a Santa Claus outfit tries to attract passersby with a "30 percent off" placard in front of a drugstore in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Japan's government said Tuesday it will compile an extra budget aimed at supporting the deflation-plagued economy. Takahiro Asaoka, an official for the Cabinet Office, said the size of the supplementary budget would be at least 2.7 trillion yen ($31 billion). The government will announce details later in the week, he said.
  6. Workers are dwarfed by piled containers at a wharf in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Japan's economy expanded at an annual pace of 4.8 percent in the third quarter, the government said Monday, marking the second straight quarter of growth and the biggest rise in real gross domestic product since 2007. Exports jumped 6.4 percent from the April-June period, the Cabinet Office said.
  7. A man walks past piled containers at a wharf in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Japan's economy expanded at an annual pace of 4.8 percent in the third quarter, the government said Monday, marking the second straight quarter of growth and the biggest rise in real gross domestic product since 2007. Exports jumped 6.4 percent from the April-June period, the Cabinet Office said.
  8. A driver gets off a truck in front of piled containers at a wharf in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Japan's economy expanded at an annual pace of 4.8 percent in the third quarter, the government said Monday, marking the second straight quarter of growth and the biggest rise in real gross domestic product since 2007. Exports jumped 6.4 percent from the April-June period, the Cabinet Office said.
  9. Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude delivers a speech on the first day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, north-west England, on October 5, 2009. Britain's Conservatives meet for what many expect to be their last annual conference in opposition, as opinion polls put them on course to oust Prime Minister Gordon Brown by June 2010.
  10. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivers a speech in the conference hall on October 5, 2009 in Manchester, England. Britain's Conservatives are meeting in Manchester this week for their final party conference before next year's general election.
  11. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivers a speech in the conference hall on October 5, 2009 in Manchester, England. Britain's Conservatives are meeting in Manchester this week for their final party conference before next year's general election.
  12. Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude speaks during the first day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, northwest England, on October 5, 2009. Britain's opposition Conservative leader David Cameron, who polls tip to become prime minister next year, on October 4 highlighted his hostility to the EU reform treaty despite its acceptance by Ireland.

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