EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, poses next to a Greenpeace installation, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Farmers and environmental group Greenpeace handed over a petition signed by 180.000 people calling for the EU to reject the authorization of Bayer Genetic Manipulated rice, which is currently being reviewed by the Commission. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, poses next to a Greenpeace installation, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Farmers and environmental group Greenpeace handed over a petition signed by 180.000 people calling for the EU to reject the authorization of Bayer Genetic Manipulated rice, which is currently being reviewed by the Commission.

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  1. EU leaders pose during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. Front row left to right, European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, Finland's President Tarja Halonen, Lithuania's Prime Minister Dalia Grybauskaite, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, Romania's President Traian Basescu, French President Nikolas Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, and Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis.
  2. EU leaders pose during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. Front row left to right, European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, Finland's President Tarja Halonen, Lithuania's Prime Minister Dalia Grybauskaite, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, Romania's President Traian Basescu, French President Nikolas Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, and Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis.
  3. EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, poses next to a Greenpeace installation, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Farmers and environmental group Greenpeace handed over a petition signed by 180.000 people calling for the EU to reject the authorization of Bayer Genetic Manipulated rice, which is currently being reviewed by the Commission.
  4. Spanish farmer Fernando Jose Llobell Bisbal, left, talks with EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Farmers and environmental group Greenpeace handed over a petition signed by 180.000 people calling for the EU to reject the authorization of Bayer Genetic Manipulated rice, which is currently being reviewed by the Commission.
  5. A Thai farmer hands over a petition to EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, right, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Farmers and environmental group Greenpeace handed over a petition signed by 180.000 people calling for the EU to reject the authorization of Bayer Genetic Manipulated rice, which is currently being reviewed by the Commission.
  6. Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L) holds the EU's Lisbon Treaty as Polish President Donald Tusk (2ndL), Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (C), whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso (2ndR), President of European Parliament Jerzy Buzek (R) stand behind at the presidential palace in Warsaw October 10, 2009. Lech Kaczynski signed the European Union's reforming Lisbon Treaty in a ceremony Saturday, leaving his ultra-eurosceptic Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus as the only holdout.
  7. Activists march with a large poster that reads, "Stop cutting our forest" during a rally in Jakarta, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. About 100 activists of Greenpeace held a rally in the Indonesian capital supporting Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's promise to cutting carbon emission.
  8. Activists march with a large poster that reads, "Just enough Alaska forests are cut," during a rally in Jakarta, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. About 100 activists of Greenpeace hold a rally in the Indonesian capital supporting Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's promise to cutting carbon emission.
  9. Greenpeace activists wearing masks of U.S. President Barack Obama and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono performs in front of large posters that read, "Enough to talks, its time to act to protect the forests for the future, " during a protest in Jakarta, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. About 100 activists of Greenpeace hold a rally in the Indonesian capital supporting Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's promise to cutting carbon emission.
  10. Indian farmers and youth from Vidharba, an eastern region of Maharashtra state, hold lanterns and placards during a protest outside the Social Justice Ministry in New Delhi on November 18, 2009. Backed up by Greenpeace activists, the Vidharba residents wanted to highlight their lack of continuous electricity supply.
  11. Greenpeace activists board the transport ship "the Happy Ranger" outside Oland in the south of Sweden November 17, 2009. The ship is carrying major components from the French nuclear company AREVA and is intended for the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor currently under construction in Finland. Picture taken November 17, 2009.
  12. Greenpeace activists board the transport ship "the Happy Ranger" outside Oland in the south of Sweden November 17, 2009. The ship is carrying major components from the French nuclear company AREVA and is intended for the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor currently under construction in Finland. Picture taken November 17, 2009.
  13. Tranquillo Barnetta (L) of Bayer Leverkusen challenges Paul Freier of Vfl Bochum during their German Bundesliga soccer match in Leverkusen August 29, 2009.
  14. HANOVER, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 15: (L-R) Josef Schnusenberg of Schalke 04, Fenerbahce Istanbul coach Christoph Daum with his wife Angelica Daum, Bayern Muenchen's manager Ulli Hoeness and CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayer Leverkusen president Wolfgang Holzhaeuser, manager Rudi Voeller and coach Jupp Heynckes attend Robert Enke's memorial service prior to Enke's funeral at AWD Arena on November 15, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. Tens of thousands of fans paid their last tribute to Enke, who was also goalie for the German national team, following Enke�s suicide on November 10.
  15. LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 06: Lars Bender, Fabian Giefer and Thomas Zdebel of Leverkusen celebrate the 4-0 victory after the Bundesliga match between Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt at the BayArena on November 6, 2009 in Leverkusen, Germany.
  16. Bayer Leverkusen's Stefan Kiessling celebrates a goal against Eintracht Frankfurt during the German Bundesliga soccer match in Leverkusen November 6, 2009.

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