A protester wearing a Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling mask participates in a march against the government's decision to disband the state-run electricity company, Luz y Fuerza del Centro, in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon disbanded the provider that supplies electricity to central Mexico, citing a budget hole that threatened service to 25 million consumers. Leaders of Mexico's 66,000-member Union of Electricians (SME) said they will fight the decision on constitutional grounds. The Federal Electricity Commission will now provide service to Mexico City and parts of four central states, according to Mexico's Energy Department. The letters "L" and "F" on his hard hat refer to the electricity company Luz y Fuerza del Centro. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

A protester wearing a Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling mask participates in a march against the government's decision to disband the state-run electricity company, Luz y Fuerza del Centro, in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon disbanded the provider that supplies electricity to central Mexico, citing a budget hole that threatened service to 25 million consumers. Leaders of Mexico's 66,000-member Union of Electricians (SME) said they will fight the decision on constitutional grounds. The Federal Electricity Commission will now provide service to Mexico City and parts of four central states, according to Mexico's Energy Department. The letters "L" and "F" on his hard hat refer to the electricity company Luz y Fuerza del Centro.

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  1. RICHMOND, TX - NOVEMBER 22: Lorena Ochoa of Mexico hits her tee shot on the sixth hole during completion of the weather-delayed second round of the LPGA Tour Championship presented by Rolex at the Houstonian Golf and Country Club on November 22, 2009 in Richmond, Texas.
  2. SUGAR LAND, TX - NOVEMBER 20: Jiyai Shin of South Korea, (R) battles with Lorena Ochoa of Mexico for the 2009 Player of the Year trophy at the 2009 Rolex LPGA Awards Reception at the Sugar Land Town Square on November 20, 2009 in Sugar Land, Texas.
  3. RICHMOND, TX - NOVEMBER 19: Lorena Ochoa of Mexico reacts to a missed putt on the 15th green during the first round of the LPGA Tour Championship presented by Rolex at the Houstonian Golf and Country Club on November 19, 2009 in Richmond, Texas.
  4. GUADALAJARA, MEXICO - NOVEMBER 15: Michelle Wie of the United States hugs the trophy after winning the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Corona at Guadalajara Country Club on November 15, 2009 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
  5. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev (C) inspects a guard of honor at the Istana presidential residence during a state visit November 15, 2009 in Singapore. Medvedev is in Singapore to attend the APEC summit and is conducting a state visit on Sunday and Monday. The Pacific rim nations meeting in Singapore this week focusing on economic recovery culminates in the 17th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting this weekend, ending 15 November. APEC consists of the 21 Pacific Rim economies: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Peru, Russia, United States and Vietnam.
  6. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) speaks surrounded by APEC Leaders at the declaration ceremony at the end of the the APEC Summit in in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured front row (L-R) are: Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Hu Jintao, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Back row (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Peru's Trade Minister Martin Perez, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet.
  7. GUADALAJARA, MEXICO - NOVEMBER 14: Paula Creamer of the United States reacts after her birde putt on the fifth green during the third round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Corona at Guadalajara Country Club on November 14, 2009 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
  8. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 14: President of Vietnam Ngyuyen Mihn Triet attends the second day of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit at Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre on November 14, 2009 in Singapore. The Pacific rim nations meeting in Singapore this week focusing on economic recovery culminates in the 17th Apec Economic Leaders' Meeting this weekend, ending 15 November. APEC consists of the 21 Pacific Rim economies: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Peru, Russia, United States and Vietnam.
  9. GUADALAJARA, MEXICO - NOVEMBER 13: Yani Tseng of Taiwan plays her second shot in the 11th fairway during the second round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Corona at Guadalajara Country Club on November 13, 2009 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
  10. LAS VEGAS - NOVEMBER 13: (L-R) Alfonso Gomez and Jesus Soto-Karass of Mexico pose during the weigh-in for their welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 13, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  11. GUADALAJARA, MEXICO - NOVEMBER 12: Natalie Gulbis of the United States waits to putt on the first green during the first round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Corona at Guadalajara Country Club on November 12, 2009 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
  12. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 12: Finance Ministers pose for a group photograph during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministers meeting at Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre on November 12, 2009 in Singapore. Pictured front row (L - R): Russia's Alexey Kudrin, New Zealand's Bill English, Philippines' Margarito Teves, International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Indonesia's Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Singapore's Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Timothy Geithner of the U.S., Chile's Maria Olivia Recart, Canada's Jim Flaherty, Peru's Claudia Cooper, Hong Kong's John Tsang and Korea's Shin Je Yoon. Back row (L - R): Mexico's Ricardo Ochoa, China's Zhu Guangyao, Brunei's Pehin Dato Abd Rahman, Asian Development Bank's President Haruhiko Kuroda, Australia's Wayne Swann, Vietnam's Tran Xuan Ha, World Bank's President Robert Zoellick, Thailand's Korn Chatikavanji, Malaysia's Ahmad Husni, Japan's Shinichito Furumoto, Taiwan's Lee Sush-der and Papua New Guinea's Benjamin Poponawa. APEC 2009 brings over 800 of the world's top business leaders and 15 world leaders to Singapore, with the two-day Summit addressing the economic crisis and key global issues.
  13. DENVER - NOVEMBER 09: Registered nurse Susan Eager applauds as Carlos Granillo, 31, lifts his leg following months of physical therapy conducted by family members at his home on November 9, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Granillo, an immigrant from Mexico, suffered severe brain damage in a jet ski accident in July and received emergency medical care at a hospital emergency room. He was working as a construction worker without health insurance when the accident occurred. Nurse Eager works for Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency, a non-profit that performs some 25,000 home visits each year in the Denver area. The agency provides free home nursing care to patients with chronic diseases, helps them to better manage their disabling illnesses and provides custodial services with the aim of keeping patients in their homes and out of more expensive nursing home care.
  14. SHIMA, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 08: Lorena Ochoa of Mexico lines up a putt on the 18th green hole during the Final Round of Mizuno Classic at Mizuno Classicat Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club on November 8, 2009 in Shima, Japan.
  15. SHIMA, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 07: Lorena Ochoa of Mexico tees off the first hole during the round two of Mizuno Classic at Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club on November 7, 2009 in Shima, Japan.
  16. SHIMA, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 06: Lorena Ochoa of Mexico plays a shot on the seventh hole during the round one of Mizuno Classic at Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club on November 6, 2009 in Shima, Mie, Japan.

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  1. Members of the federal police stand guard at the entrance of the central office of the decentralized electric supply agency 'Luz y Fuerza del Centro' in Mexico City on October 11, 2009. The Mexican Electricians Union (SME) demand the government to recognize their recently elected secretary general Martin Esparza. Mexican President Felipe Calderon issued a liquidation decree for 'Luz y Fuerza del Centro'.
  2. Federal police rest outside the headquarters of Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC), a state-owned power utility, in Mexico City October 11, 2009. The Mexican government announced the closure of the inefficient state-owned company that supplies electricity to Mexico City and its surrounding area on Sunday, a move that could trigger labor strife. Preparing for trouble, riot police occupied installations of LFC on Saturday night ahead of a decree ordering its absorption by the Federal Electricity Commission, Mexico's main state power utility.
  3. A man stands next to signs showing the logo of state-owned power utility Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC) with the headline reading: "In support of the electricity workers, the battle continues", during a protest in downtown Mexico City November 11, 2009. The Mexican Electricity Workers Union called for another massive protest, challenging Mexico's President Felipe Calderon's plans to clean up the bloated public sector after the money-losing company was shut down by Calderon on October 11.
  4. A protester wears a "lucha libre" mask while marching in a protest in downtown Mexico City November 11, 2009. The Mexican Electricity Workers Union called for another massive protest, challenging Mexico's President Felipe Calderon's plans to clean up the bloated public sector after Calderon shut down the money-losing state-owned power utility Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC) on October 11.
  5. Thousands of people gather in downtown Mexico City November 11, 2009. The Mexican Electricity Workers Union called for another massive protest, challenging Mexico's President Felipe Calderon's plans to clean up the bloated public sector after Calderon shut down the money-losing state-owned power utility Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC) on October 11.
  6. Protesters gesture in downtown Mexico City November 11, 2009. The Mexican Electricity Workers Union called for another massive protest, challenging Mexico's President Felipe Calderon's plans to clean up the bloated public sector after Calderon shut down the money-losing state-owned power utility Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC) on October 11.
  7. The spouses of the visiting G-20 leaders (top-L-R) wife of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv, unknown, Dr Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Therese Rein, Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt, Laureen Harper of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ban Soon Taek, unknown, unknown, (bottom-L-R) wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain, Sonsoles Zapatero, wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Margarita Zavala, Brazil's first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva First Lady Michelle Obama (6th-L-R), Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Emine Erdogan, and wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur pose at the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. US President Barack Obama and heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  8. The spouses of the visiting G-20 leaders (top-L-R) wife of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv, unknown, Dr Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Therese Rein, Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt, Laureen Harper of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ban Soon Taek, unknown, unknown, (bottom-L-R) wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain, Sonsoles Zapatero, wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Margarita Zavala, Brazil's first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva First Lady Michelle Obama (6th-L-R), Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Emine Erdogan, and wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur pose at the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. US President Barack Obama and heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  9. PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: World leaders front row (L-R) are South African President Jacob Zuma, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese President Hujin Tao, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, second Row (L-R) European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodruigez Zapatero, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, third row (L-R) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Director General of the ILO Juan Somavia, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria, Director General of the WTO Pascal Lamy, and FSB Chairman Mario Draghi pose for the official group photo at the G-20 on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  10. The spouses of the visiting G-20 leaders (top-L-R) wife of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv, unknown, Dr Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Therese Rein, Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt, Laureen Harper of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ban Soon Taek, unknown, unknown, (bottom-L-R) wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain, Sonsoles Zapatero, wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Margarita Zavala, Brazil's first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva First Lady Michelle Obama (6th-L-R), Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Emine Erdogan, and wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur pose at the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. US President Barack Obama and heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  11. PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: The spouses of the visiting G-20 leaders (top-L-R) wife of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv, unknown, Dr Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Therese Rein, Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt, Laureen Harper of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ban Soon Taek, unknown, unknown, (bottom-L-R) wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain, Sonsoles Zapatero, wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Margarita Zavala, Brazil's first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva First Lady Michelle Obama (6th-L-R), Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Emine Erdogan, and wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur pose at the CAPA School on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. U.S. President Barack Obama and heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  12. Mexican President Felipe Calderon (C) walks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2nd L) during a group photo during the G20 summit in Pittsburgh on September 25, 2009.
  13. First Lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with Takoma Park Middle School students and National Science Bowl contestants, from left, Catherine Xue, Sarah Wagner, Daniel Amir, Avikar Periwal, and Alan Du, obscured, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the Energy Department in Washington.
  14. First Lady Michelle Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, field questions from Takoma Park Middle School students Avikar Periwal, left, and Alan Du, second from left, and other National Science Bowl contestants, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the Energy Department in Washington.
  15. First Lady Michelle Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, field their questions from National Science Bowl contestants, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the Energy Department in Washington.
  16. First Lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with Energy Department employees, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the Energy Department in Washington.

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