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  1. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 06: Travellers wait for their baggage next to an advertising sign showing a picture of grown old German Chancellor Angela Merkel and reading 'I'm sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change. ..we didn't' at the Copenhagen airport on December 6, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists will meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which opens on December 7 and runs until December 18.
  2. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 06: Travellers wait for their baggage next to an advertising sign showing a picture of grown old German Chancellor Angela Merkel and reading 'I'm sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change. ..we didn't' at the Copenhagen airport on December 6, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists will meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which opens on December 7 and runs until December 18.
  3. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 06: Travellers wait for their baggage next to an advertising sign showing a picture of grown old German Chancellor Angela Merkel and reading 'I'm sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change. ..we didn't' at the Copenhagen airport on December 6, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists will meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which opens on December 7 and runs until December 18.
  4. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  5. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  6. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Spectators watch as activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  7. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  8. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  9. US President Barack Obama signs the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 as US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and members of the US Congress look on October 28, 2009 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
  10. Pakistani Shiite Muslims carry a burning US flag as they shout slogans during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  11. A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man torches an US flag during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  12. A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man carries a burning US flag during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  13. The seat of US Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, remains empty on September 10, 2009 at the Congressional Oversight Committee at the US Capitol. Wilson yelled 'You lie' at US President Barack Obama on September 9 during his speech to the US Congress. Wilson has apologized for the remark.
  14. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks with U.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) (Top R) and U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) (Front R) before the start of U.S. President Barack Obama's health care reform speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 9, 2009.
  15. White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers walks at the White House in Washington December 4, 2009. Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) told NBC's "Today" show on Friday she believes Congress has a right to hear Rogers explain how uninvited couple, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, managed to gatecrash U.S. President Barack Obama's debut state dinner last week.
  16. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama dances with daughter Sasha as they walk from the Oval Office to a luau, or a Hawaiian feast, on the South Lawn of the White House for members of Congress and their families in Washington, June 25, 2009.

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  11. A riot police runs past a burning recycle bin during clashes in Athens on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Protesters hurled rocks and burning garbage at police as violence erupted during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager, whose death sparked massive riots. Police fired tear gas at scores of hooded youths in central Athens, as several thousand demonstrators marched to commemorate the death of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
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  13. French soldiers prepare to launch an unmanned observation drone to monitor Taliban activity over the Hindu Kush mountains east of the Afghan capital on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, from the Tora Forward Operating Base. France has sent 3,500 troops to Afghanistan as part of the 100,000-strong U.S. led coalition battling the insurgency, making it the fourth-largest contributor to the U.S.-led coalition battling the insurgency.
  14. Cologne's Youssef Mohamad, left, challenges for the ball with Bremen's Hugo Almeida, right, during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Cologne and Werder Bremen in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. *** EDS notes: German spelling of Cologne is Koeln *** NO MOBILE USE UNTIL 2 HOURS AFTER THE MATCH, WEBSITE USERS ARE OBLIGED TO COMPLY WITH DFL-RESTRICTIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR DETAILS.
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