In this June 2, 2009 photo, the Statue of Liberty is seen in New York harbor. The crown is set to open July 4 after being closed since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

In this June 2, 2009 photo, the Statue of Liberty is seen in New York harbor. The crown is set to open July 4 after being closed since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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  2. The U.S. ambassador to Germany Philip Murphy, left, hands over the Freedom Award for the German people to German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, right, given by the Atlantic Council in Berlin, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.
  3. Marseille's players celebrate after they scored a goal against Lyon during their French League One soccer match at Gerland stadium, in Lyon, central France, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.
  4. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski speaks at the opening of the 'Museum of the Glienicker Bridge' housed in the 19th century Schoeningen villa in Potsdam and opened by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on November 8, 2009 as part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 2009.
  5. Yang Zhou of China celebrates after finishing first in the women's 1000m finals at the ISU World Cup short track speed skating event on November 8, 2009 in Montreal, Canada.
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  7. HAMBURG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 08: Comedian Otto Waalkes (L) and his wife Eva Hassmann attend the Barbara Schoeneberger concert at the CCH on November 08, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany. The concert is part of the 'Nochmal, Nur Anders' tour 2009.
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  9. A woman sits next to skulls at the General Cemetery on the Day of Skulls in La Paz November 8, 2009. Bolivians who keep close relatives' skulls at home as a macabre talisman flock to the cemetery chapel once a year to have the craniums blessed and to bring themselves good luck in the future.
  10. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 08: Martin Krug and Verena Kerth attend the Free Your Mind Award Presentation at the Cinema For Peace charity dinner at the China Club on November 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  11. Yemeni refugees cross the border from Yemen into the southern Saudi province of Jizan on November 8, 2009. Shiite rebels said Saudi Arabia bombed their positions inside Yemen again on November 8, despite Riyadh's insistence that its attacks are limited to rebel locations inside Saudi territory. Saudi Arabia burst into the conflict after the rebels, whose stronghold is in Yemen's mountainous northwest province of Saada, crossed last week into Jizan killing a border guard and taking control of two small villages.
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  14. Lyon's Miralem Pjanic, right, and Jean Makoun, left, celebrate after Pjanic scored a goal against Marseille during their French League One soccer match at Gerland stadium, in Lyon, central France, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.
  15. Sevilla's Alvaro Negredo from Spain, right, and Villarreal's Giuseppe Rossi from Italy, left, jump for the ball during their La Liga soccer match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.
  16. AS Roma forward Mirko Vucinic, of Montenegro, left, celebrates after scoring against Inter Milan with his teammate defender John Arne Riise, of Norway, during their Serie A soccer match, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Nov.8, 2009.