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  1. Hong Kong director Danny Pang, left, speaks as Hong Kong actor Aaron Kwok, 2nd left, Hong Kong actor Ekin Cheng, 3rd left, and Hong Kong director Oxide Pang listen during a press conference to promote their new movie "The Storm Warriors" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
  2. An activist walks with a poster during a rally marking World AIDS Day in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Nearly 2.5 million people in India are infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, but talking about the disease and sexual health issues in general is still largely taboo.
  3. A terminally ill Thai man rests at a hospice for those dying of AIDS, at Wat Prabat Nampu Buddhist temple in Lopburi, on the World AIDS day December 1, 2009. Thailand has been widely praised for its work in containing the virus. The number of new infections fell from a peak of around 140,000 a year in 1991, to 18,000 in 2005, according to UNAIDS. This remarkable achievement came about mainly because men used condoms more, and also reduced their use of brothels.
  4. A mentally and terminally ill Thai man is seen behind bars at a hospice for those dying of AIDS, at Wat Prabat Nampu Buddhist temple in Lopburi, on the World AIDS day December 1, 2009. Thailand has been widely praised for its work in containing the virus. The number of new infections fell from a peak of around 140,000 a year in 1991, to 18,000 in 2005, according to UNAIDS. This remarkable achievement came about mainly because men used condoms more, and also reduced their use of brothels.
  5. Kurt Gutmann, right, one of the joint plaintiffs during the Demjanjuk trial, talks with journalists in the country court building in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Demjanjuk goes on trial on charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27.900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, opening the final chapter of some 30 years of efforts to prosecute the retired Ohio autoworker.
  6. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, right, welcomes Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, left, before the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Foreign policy chiefs from 56 countries hope to agree on a rare political declaration on common security structure at a two-day meeting that opened in Athens on Tuesday.
  7. Nakheel banners are seen on the Sheik Zayed highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Nakheel, which is the real estate developer famous for building Dubai's palm tree-shaped islands, has a roughly US$3.5 billion Islamic bond coming due in two weeks and it was considered the litmus test of Dubai World's debt woes.
  8. Thai schoolchildren put masks on as they visit a hospice for those dying of AIDS, at Wat Prabat Nampu Buddhist temple in Lopburi, on the World AIDS day December 1, 2009. Thailand has been widely praised for its work in containing the virus. The number of new infections fell from a peak of around 140,000 a year in 1991, to 18,000 in 2005, according to UNAIDS. This remarkable achievement came about mainly because men used condoms more, and also reduced their use of brothels.
  9. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (L) shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during the 17th Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Athens December 1, 2009. Foreign ministers from Europe's main security organisation will try to work out a response to Russia's proposal for a new Euro-Atlantic security pact at a meeting in Athens on Tuesday and Wednesday.
  10. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 01: Desmond Abbott of Australia is congratulated by Grant Schubert and Edward Ockenden after scoring a goal in the match between Australia and England during day three of the 2009 Hockey Champions Trophy held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre on December 1, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
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  12. German Chancellor Angela Merkerl, center, and Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani, right, review the guard of honor during a welcome ceremony in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
  13. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 01: Richard Smith of England and Matthew Butturini of Australia contest for the ball in the match between Australia and England during day three of the 2009 Hockey Champions Trophy held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre on December 1, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  14. MUNICH, GERMANY - DECEMBER 01: Ulrich Busch, the lawyer of accused Nazi criminal John Demjanjuk, looks on on December 01, 2009 in Munich, Germany. 89 year old Demjanjuk is charged with 27,900 counts of accessory to murder for his part in the gassing of prisoners taken to Sobibor concentration camp.
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