Police watch members of the group 'Mobilize for Health Care' protest for healthcare reform at the offices of CIGNA Insurance, a major US health insurer in Los Angeles on October 28, 2009. Seven members of the group were arrested after they staged a one hour sit-in protest in the lobby of the building housing CIGNA Insurance. Powerful US insurers recently turned on President Barack Obama's top priority health care reform drive, warning the plan would send family medical expenses soaring. Obama has wagered huge political capital on the fight to pass health reform, and to offer affordable care to 46 million people in the United States with no insurance. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Police watch members of the group 'Mobilize for Health Care' protest for healthcare reform at the offices of CIGNA Insurance, a major US health insurer in Los Angeles on October 28, 2009. Seven members of the group were arrested after they staged a one hour sit-in protest in the lobby of the building housing CIGNA Insurance. Powerful US insurers recently turned on President Barack Obama's top priority health care reform drive, warning the plan would send family medical expenses soaring. Obama has wagered huge political capital on the fight to pass health reform, and to offer affordable care to 46 million people in the United States with no insurance.

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  1. DENVER - DECEMBER 08: Inayet Hadi (R) points to his resume while speaking with Prudential Insurance recruiter Terrie Martinez at a career fair December 8, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Hadi, out of work for a year, said he is looking for employment in the non-profit sector. Some 500 applicants turned out for the job fair, despite the bitter temperatures and snow. In an effort to boost jobs nationally, President Barack Obama today proposed small business tax cuts, new infrastructure spending and energy efficiency.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: U.S. President Barack Obama (3L) speaks at a cabinet meeting at the White House on November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with his Cabinet for updates across several areas including national security, budget planning, and health insurance reform.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) listens along with Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke (R) and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (2L) as U.S. President Barack Obama (2R) speaks at a cabinet meeting as at the White House on November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with his Cabinet for updates across several areas including national security, budget planning, and health insurance reform.
  4. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) listen as U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks at a cabinet meeting as at the White House on November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with his Cabinet for updates across several areas including national security, budget planning, and health insurance reform.
  5. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates listens as U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks at a cabinet meeting at the White House on November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with his Cabinet for updates across several areas including national security, budget planning, and health insurance reform.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates listens as U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks at a cabinet meeting at the White House on November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with his Cabinet for updates across several areas including national security, budget planning, and health insurance reform.
  7. US First lady Michelle Obama waits to deliver remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2009.
  8. US First lady Michelle Obama waits to deliver remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2009.
  9. US First lady Michelle Obama waits to deliver remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2009.
  10. US First lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2009.
  11. US First lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2009.
  12. US First Lady Michelle Obama takes the podium to deliver remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington,DC on November 13, 2009.
  13. US First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington,DC on November 13, 2009.
  14. US First lady Michelle Obama takes the podium to deliver remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2009.
  15. US First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2009.
  16. US First Lady Michelle Obama greets attendees at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2009.

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  1. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  2. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  3. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  4. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  5. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  6. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  7. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Matt Cross (R) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  8. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  9. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  10. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Jason Holt (R) prepare a display for copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sit in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  11. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross lifts a display of copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' with a forklift in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  13. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross opens boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sit on a pallet in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800 and 900 copies of the book which goes on sale tomorrow.
  16. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 14: U.S ambassador Ron Kirk accompainied by Chong Sick Ching, Chairman of the CEO Summit, arrives on the second day of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre on November 14, 2009 in Singapore, Ron Kirk will be delivering the keynote address on behalf of President Barak Obama. 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.

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  1. Traders looks at screens as Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer is seen delivering his pre-budget report to Parliament on a television, on a trading floor in London December 9, 2009. Darling set the stage for the coming election, announcing on Wednesday a one-off super tax on bank bonuses and other higher taxes on the rich.
  2. Retired army officer Ion Tecu gestures walks during an interview with Reuters TV, in front of the wall where Romania's late Stalinist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed by firing squad on Christmas day 20 years ago, in a former military facility in Targoviste, 75 km (47 miles) northwest of Bucharest December 9, 2009. More than 1,000 Romanians were killed across Romania during clashes between demonstrators and Ceausescu's security forces, in what amounted to eastern Europe's most violent anti-communist revolution.
  3. Saud Sulieman, Jordanian bedouin, leads a camel named "Obama" to a plastic tent to protect it from cold and heavy rainfall near Amman December 9, 2009. Jordan no longer faces an imminent threat of drought after days of heavy rainfall raised dam storage levels to almost half their total capacity at the start of the winter season, local newspapers reported.
  4. India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (L) and teammate Gautam Gambhir run between the wickets during the first Twenty20 cricket match against Sri Lanka in Nagpur December 9, 2009.
  5. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and presidential human rights ombudsman, Vladimir Lukin, seen meeting at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009.
  6. BERN, SWITZERLAND - DECEMBER 09: Vitali Klitschko warms up during a training session at West Side shopping centre on December 09, 2009 in Bern, Switzerland.
  7. BERN, SWITZERLAND - DECEMBER 09: Vitali Klitschko is pictured during a training session at West Side shopping centre on December 09, 2009 in Bern, Switzerland.
  8. Incumbent President Traian Basescu speaks to media at the Cotroceni Presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The loser in Romania's presidential race, ex-foreign minister Mircea Geoana, alleges "massive fraud" in Romania's presidential election. Geoana claims there was multiple voting, the creation of thousands of false personal identity numbers, and widespread vote buying. Geoana narrowly lost to incumbent Traian Basescu in Sunday's race. The Constitutional Court will make a ruling on his party's demand for repeat elections Friday.
  9. Incumbent President Traian Basescu speaks to media at the Cotroceni Presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The loser in Romania's presidential race, ex-foreign minister Mircea Geoana, alleges "massive fraud" in Romania's presidential election. Geoana claims there was multiple voting, the creation of thousands of false personal identity numbers, and widespread vote buying. Geoana narrowly lost to incumbent Traian Basescu in Sunday's race. The Constitutional Court will make a ruling on his party's demand for repeat elections Friday.
  10. Incumbent President Traian Basescu speaks to media at the Cotroceni Presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The loser in Romania's presidential race, ex-foreign minister Mircea Geoana, alleges "massive fraud" in Romania's presidential election. Geoana claims there was multiple voting, the creation of thousands of false personal identity numbers, and widespread vote buying. Geoana narrowly lost to incumbent Traian Basescu in Sunday's race. The Constitutional Court will make a ruling on his party's demand for repeat elections Friday.
  11. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 09: Esther Rantzen attends the Woman's Own Children Of Courage Awards at Westminster Abbey on December 9, 2009 in London, England.
  12. VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - DECEMBER 09: Pope Benedict XVI attends his weekly audience at the Paul Vi Hall on December 9, 2009 in Vatican City. This year the Pope will brake with tradition moving Christmas Midnight Mass to 10 p.m. The decision was taken two months ago to 'ease the Pope's fatigue at a time when there are many ceremonies and commitments' said Vatican spokesman the Rev Frederico Lombardi.
  13. VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - DECEMBER 09: Pope Benedict XVI attends his weekly audience at the Paul Vi Hall on December 9, 2009 in Vatican City. This year the Pope will brake with tradition moving Christmas Midnight Mass to 10 p.m. The decision was taken two months ago to 'ease the Pope's fatigue at a time when there are many ceremonies and commitments' said Vatican spokesman the Rev Frederico Lombardi.
  14. VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - DECEMBER 09: Pope Benedict XVI attends his weekly audience at the Paul Vi Hall on December 9, 2009 in Vatican City. This year the Pope will brake with tradition moving Christmas Midnight Mass to 10 p.m. The decision was taken two months ago to 'ease the Pope's fatigue at a time when there are many ceremonies and commitments' said Vatican spokesman the Rev Frederico Lombardi.
  15. A staff member of the U.S. center adjusts the American flag prior to a briefing with US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says she will take commonsense steps to regulate carbon emissions to protect the health of Americans.
  16. Kohei Kawamoto of Japan competes in the men's 100-meter butterfly swimming final of the East Asian Games in Hong Kong Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Kawamoto won the sliver medal.