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  2. Craig Newmark, founder of the San Francisco-based website Craigslist, arrives at the courthouse for the Ebay versus Craigslist trial at the Chancery court in Georgetown, Delaware, December 10, 2009. EBay, which sued Craigslist in Delaware in 2008, is fighting over its stake in the popular online classifieds site. It claims that privately held Craigslist unfairly diluted the stake to 24.85 percent, thereby denying eBay a seat on its board. Defendant Craigslist has sued eBay, meanwhile, in San Francisco over the same issues, saying that eBay used confidential information from Craigslist in order to launch its own competing online classifieds site, Kijiji.
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  4. OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10: Donna Summer performs during the Nobel Peace Prize Concert Rehearsals at Oslo Spektrum on December 10, 2009 in Oslo, Norway.
  5. Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean (L) and her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond (R) pose for an official photo with Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom in Guatemala City December 10, 2009. Jean is on an official visit to the region.
  6. GOLAN HEIGHTS - DECEMBER 10: Israeli army paratroopers cross the tracks left by dozens of tanks as their brigade completes a week-long live-fire training exercise December 10, 2009 on the Golan Heights. The Israeli Knesset approved yesterday the first readings of a bill that would require a referendum on any withdrawal from sovereign Israeli territory, such as the Golan Heights, which the Jewish State annexed after capturing the strategic plateau from the Syrians in the 1967 Six Day War.
  7. Bolivia's Army officers participate a military ceremony in La Paz, December 10, 2009.
  8. GOLAN HEIGHTS - DECEMBER 10: Israeli army paratroopers advance as their brigade completes a week-long live-fire training exercise December 10, 2009 on the Golan Heights. The Israeli Knesset approved yesterday the first readings of a bill that would require a referendum on any withdrawal from sovereign Israeli territory, such as the Golan Heights, which the Jewish State annexed after capturing the strategic plateau from the Syrians in the 1967 Six Day War.
  9. GOLAN HEIGHTS - DECEMBER 10: An Israeli army paratrooper keeps his eye on the target during a live-fire training exercise December 10, 2009 on the Golan Heights. The Israeli Knesset approved yesterday the first readings of a bill that would require a referendum on any withdrawal from sovereign Israeli territory, such as the Golan Heights, which the Jewish State annexed after capturing the strategic plateau from the Syrians in the 1967 Six Day War.
  10. Russia's Stanislav Donets stretches before the Men's 200m backstroke final at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.
  11. GOLAN HEIGHTS - DECEMBER 10: A tired looking Israeli army paratrooper is seen at the end of a week-long live-fire training exercise December 10, 2009 on the Golan Heights. The Israeli Knesset approved yesterday the first readings of a bill that would require a referendum on any withdrawal from sovereign Israeli territory, such as the Golan Heights, which the Jewish State annexed after capturing the strategic plateau from the Syrians in the 1967 Six Day War.
  12. GOLAN HEIGHTS - DECEMBER 10: An Israeli soldier catches up on missed sleep against a pillbox after taking part in a live-fire training exercise December 10, 2009 on the Golan Heights. The Israeli Knesset approved yesterday the first readings of a bill that would require a referendum on any withdrawal from sovereign Israeli territory, such as the Golan Heights, which the Jewish State annexed after capturing the strategic plateau from the Syrians in the 1967 Six Day War.
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