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  1. American University's SImon McCormack, left, looses control of the ball as he trips over the foot of Georgetown's Henry Sims (30) as Vee Sanford (11) looks on during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Georgetown won 73-46.
  2. Georgetown's Henry Sims (30) shoots over American University's Riley Grafft (13) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Georgetown won 73-46.
  3. Georgetown's Chris Wright drives to the open basket against American University during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Georgetown won 73-46.
  4. Georgetown's Julian Vaughn (22) scores against American University's Daniel Fisher (12) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Georgetown won 73-46.
  5. Georgetown's Austin Freeman (15) if fouled by American University's Riley Grafft (13) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Georgetown won 73-46.
  6. Georgetown's Greg Monore (10) shot while failing as he goes up against American University's Stephen Lumpkins (32) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.
  7. Georgetown's Jason Clark, left, is fouled by American University's Riley Grafft, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.
  8. Cuban musician Carlos Varela performs at the United Methodist Church, opposite the American University in Washington, in this picture taken and released December 3, 2009. Varela, barred from the United States by the Bush administration, performed in Washington on Thursday and had lunch with a White House official in a new sign of a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations.
  9. Cuban musician Carlos Varela performs at the United Methodist Church, opposite the American University in Washington, in this picture taken and released December 3, 2009. Varela, barred from the United States by the Bush administration, performed in Washington on Thursday and had lunch with a White House official in a new sign of a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations.
  10. Students from the American University of Beirut pose after they lit candles in the shape of the Aids awareness red ribbon, on World Aids Day in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
  11. Students from the American University of Beirut light candles in the shape of the Aids awareness red ribbon on World Aids Day in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
  12. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes speaks during the 20th anniversary of the murder of six Jesuit priests in San Salvador November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University where Spanish-born Jesuit priest Ignacio Ellacuria was rector and ordered Ellacuria and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  13. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (L) presents a medal to Father Jesus Salguero, in honour of Jesuit priest Juan Ramon Moreno, on the 20th anniversary of Moreno's murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University and ordered Moreno and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  14. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (L) poses for a picture with Catalina Montes, sister of Spanish-born Jesuit priest Segundo Montes, after giving her a medal on the 20th anniversary of her brother's murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University and ordered Montes and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  15. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes gives a medal to Father John Sobrino (R), to honour Jesuit priest Amando Lopez, on the 20th anniversary of his murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University and ordered Lopez and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  16. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (L) presents a medal to Juan Antonio Ellacuria (R), brother of Spanish-born Jesuit priest Ignacio Ellacuria, and his wife Manuela Balenciaga, on the 20th anniversary of his brother's murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University where Ellacuria was rector and ordered Ellacuria and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.

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  2. Economy and Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Mercosur trade bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and associated members Bolivia, Chile and Venezuela) meet in the Mercosur building in Montevideo December 7, 2009.
  3. Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (L) greets EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton at the start of a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels December 7, 2009.
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  5. Jewish settler girls block the road to prevent Israeli soldiers, not seen, from delivering warrants to freeze construction in the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Levona, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the 10-month halt in most West Bank construction late last month in an attempt to restart peace talks, which broke down a year ago.
  6. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: Attorney General Baroness Scotland's former cleaner Loloahi Tapu arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court on December 7, 2009 in London. Ms Tapu faces immigration charges relating to the time when she worked as a cleaner for the Attorney General. Baroness Scotland was fined £5,000 for employing an illegal immigrant earlier this year.
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: Attorney General Baroness Scotland's former cleaner Loloahi Tapu (C) arrives with supporters at Westminster Magistrates Court on December 7, 2009 in London. Ms Tapu faces immigration charges relating to the time when she worked as a cleaner for the Attorney General. Baroness Scotland was fined £5,000 for employing an illegal immigrant earlier this year.
  8. An Egyptian woman carrying her shopping walks through a rain shower, next to metal railings on the banks of the Nile river, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
  9. This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian female students helping another one who is affected by tear gas, fired by security forces, in a protest at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Security forces and pro-government militiamen clashed with protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University on Monday, beating men and women with batons and firing tear gas, on a day of nationwide student demonstrations, witnesses said. Pro-reform campus groups have called for students across the country to turn out Monday for massive rallies at universities against Iran's clerical leadership _ the first major protest in more than a month.
  10. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer walks past members of the environmentalist group TckTckTck during the first day of United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18.
  11. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: Members of the environmentalist group TckTckTck protest during the first day of United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18.
  12. A sales assistant arranges the gold rings at a gold store in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. China's leaders vowed Monday to keep economic stimulus and easy credit policies in place, while also improving the quality of the country's often chaotic economic growth. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT.
  13. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, receives Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Abbas told reporters after meeting President Suleiman that the Palestinians have no alternative to peace and that they will keep fighting politically for peace.
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