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In this Oct. 28, 2009 photo, a Chevron gasoline station is shown in Miami Beach, Fla. Chevron said Friday, it pushed its way through a weak third quarter by pumping more oil out of the ground as prices recover from a severe plunge earlier in the year.

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  1. Ecuadorean workers clean up an oil waste pit owned by state petroleum company Petroecuador in Shushufindi, some 410 km (254 mi) east of Quito December 8, 2009. Residents in the country�s Amazon region are suing Chevron, accusing the U.S. company of doing environmental damage while it operated in a consortium with Petroecuadro in the 1970s and 1980s.
  2. Ecuadorean workers clean up an oil waste pit owned by state petroleum company Petroecuador in Shushufindi, some 410 km (254 mi) east of Quito December 8, 2009. Residents in the country�s Amazon region are suing Chevron, accusing the U.S. company of doing environmental damage while it operated in a consortium with Petroecuadro in the 1970s and 1980s.
  3. Ecuadorean workers clean up an oil waste pit owned by state petroleum company Petroecuador in Shushufindi, some 410 km (254 mi) east of Quito December 8, 2009. Residents in the country�s Amazon region are suing Chevron, accusing the U.S. company of doing environmental damage while it operated in a consortium with Petroecuadro in the 1970s and 1980s.
  4. An Ecuadorean oil worker wears a t-shirt with a skull design while working to clean up an oil waste pit owned by state petroleum company Petroecuador in Shushufindi, some 410 km (254 mi) east of Quito December 8, 2009. Residents in the country�s Amazon region are suing Chevron, accusing the U.S. company of doing environmental damage while it operated in a consortium with Petroecuadro in the 1970s and 1980s.
  5. Ecuadorean workers clean up an oil waste pit owned by state petroleum company Petroecuador in Shushufindi, some 410 km (254 mi) east of Quito December 8, 2009. Residents in the country�s Amazon region are suing Chevron, accusing the U.S. company of doing environmental damage while it operated in a consortium with Petroecuadro in the 1970s and 1980s.
  6. An Ecuadorean oil worker wears a t-shirt with a skull design while working to clean up an oil waste pit owned by state petroleum company Petroecuador in Shushufindi, some 410 km (254 mi) east of Quito December 8, 2009. Residents in the country�s Amazon region are suing Chevron, accusing the U.S. company of doing environmental damage while it operated in a consortium with Petroecuadro in the 1970s and 1980s.
  7. Ecuadorean workers clean up an oil waste pit owned by state petroleum company Petroecuador in Shushufindi, some 410 km (254 mi) east of Quito December 8, 2009. Residents in the country�s Amazon region are suing Chevron, accusing the U.S. company of doing environmental damage while it operated in a consortium with Petroecuadro in the 1970s and 1980s.
  8. Jim Furyk of the U.S. putts the ball from the lip of the cup for a birdie during the final round of the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament on his way to winning the tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, December 6, 2009.
  9. A demonstrator is held by authorities after he and several others blocked the entrance of Chevron Corp. in San Ramon, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 to protest the climate talks in Copenhagen. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference opened Monday in Copenhagen, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
  10. Demonstrators block the entrance of Chevron Corp. in San Ramon, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 to protest the climate talks in Copenhagen. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference opened Monday in Copenhagen, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
  11. Jim Furyk of the U.S. holds the trophy after winning the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California December 6, 2009.
  12. Padraig Harrington of Ireland tips his hat to the crowd around the 18th green after completing the final round of the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, December 6, 2009.
  13. Jim Furyk of the U.S. tees off on the 17th hole during the final round of the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament on his way to winning the tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, December 6, 2009.
  14. Jim Furyk of the U.S. holds his trophy after winning the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California December 6, 2009.
  15. Jim Furyk of the U.S. lines up his putt before making a birdie on the 18th hole as the clubhouse is seen behind the green during the final round of the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament, on his way to winning the tournament, at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, December 6, 2009.
  16. Jim Furyk of the U.S. celebrates saving par on the 17th hole during the final round of the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament on his way to winning the tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, December 6, 2009.

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  2. Jay Y. Lee, a senior executive of Samsung Electronics and only son of former Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee, arrives at the office of special prosecutors set up to investigate the Samsung Group in Seoul in this February 28, 2008 file photo. Samsung appointed Lee to the newly created chief operating officer (COO) position on December 15, 2009.
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  5. NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 15: Daniel Vettori of New Zealand celebrates dismissing Mohammad Amir of Pakistan during day five of the Third Test match between New Zealand and Pakistan at McLean Park on December 15, 2009 in Napier, New Zealand.
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  7. NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 15: Daniel Vettori of New Zealand celebrates the dimissal of Mohammad Amir of Pakistan during day five of the Third Test match between New Zealand and Pakistan at McLean Park on December 15, 2009 in Napier, New Zealand.
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  11. In this photo released by Greenpeace, three protestors hang a 100 square meter banner over the side of the Sydney Opera House in Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. With climate negotiations at an impasse as world leaders arrive in Copenhagen, Greenpeace activists attempted to send the message: "Stop The Politics, Climate Treaty Now."
  12. In this photo released by Greenpeace, three protestors hang a 100 square meter banner over the side of the Sydney Opera House in Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. With climate negotiations at an impasse as world leaders arrive in Copenhagen, Greenpeace activists attempted to send the message: "Stop The Politics, Climate Treaty Now."
  13. Mayon volcano in Legazpi city, Albay province, continues to spew ash Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009 about 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Manila, Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, PHIVOLCS, has raised the five-alert level to three following increased activity of the country's most active volcano and residents are prohibited from venturing into the 6-kilometer (4 mile) permanent danger zone. In December 2006 ash deposits from a previous eruption rolled down its slopes at the onslaught of a typhoon killing more than a thousand residents living around the cone-shaped volcano.
  14. Lava cascades down the slopes of Mayon volcano in Legazpi city, Albay province, at dawn Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009 about 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Manila, Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, PHIVOLCS, has raised the five-alert level to three following increased activity of the country's most active volcano and residents are prohibited from venturing into the 6-kilometer (4 miles) permanent danger zone. In December 2006 ash deposits from a previous eruption rolled down its slopes at the onslaught of a typhoon killing more than a thousand residents living around the cone-shaped volcano.
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