David D.Arnold President of the American University in Cairo prepares to give a press conference Monday, June 8, 2009. The University says a dorm building housing foreigners is being quarantined for 24 hours after two American students were diagnosed with swine flu. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

David D.Arnold President of the American University in Cairo prepares to give a press conference Monday, June 8, 2009. The University says a dorm building housing foreigners is being quarantined for 24 hours after two American students were diagnosed with swine flu.

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  1. American University's SImon McCormack, left, looses control of the ball as he trips over the foot of Georgetown's Henry Sims (30) as Vee Sanford (11) looks on during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Georgetown won 73-46.
  2. Georgetown's Henry Sims (30) shoots over American University's Riley Grafft (13) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Georgetown won 73-46.
  3. Georgetown's Chris Wright drives to the open basket against American University during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Georgetown won 73-46.
  4. Georgetown's Julian Vaughn (22) scores against American University's Daniel Fisher (12) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Georgetown won 73-46.
  5. Georgetown's Austin Freeman (15) if fouled by American University's Riley Grafft (13) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Georgetown won 73-46.
  6. Georgetown's Greg Monore (10) shot while failing as he goes up against American University's Stephen Lumpkins (32) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.
  7. Georgetown's Jason Clark, left, is fouled by American University's Riley Grafft, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.
  8. Cuban musician Carlos Varela performs at the United Methodist Church, opposite the American University in Washington, in this picture taken and released December 3, 2009. Varela, barred from the United States by the Bush administration, performed in Washington on Thursday and had lunch with a White House official in a new sign of a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations.
  9. Cuban musician Carlos Varela performs at the United Methodist Church, opposite the American University in Washington, in this picture taken and released December 3, 2009. Varela, barred from the United States by the Bush administration, performed in Washington on Thursday and had lunch with a White House official in a new sign of a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations.
  10. Students from the American University of Beirut pose after they lit candles in the shape of the Aids awareness red ribbon, on World Aids Day in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
  11. Students from the American University of Beirut light candles in the shape of the Aids awareness red ribbon on World Aids Day in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
  12. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes speaks during the 20th anniversary of the murder of six Jesuit priests in San Salvador November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University where Spanish-born Jesuit priest Ignacio Ellacuria was rector and ordered Ellacuria and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  13. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (L) presents a medal to Father Jesus Salguero, in honour of Jesuit priest Juan Ramon Moreno, on the 20th anniversary of Moreno's murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University and ordered Moreno and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  14. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (L) poses for a picture with Catalina Montes, sister of Spanish-born Jesuit priest Segundo Montes, after giving her a medal on the 20th anniversary of her brother's murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University and ordered Montes and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  15. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes gives a medal to Father John Sobrino (R), to honour Jesuit priest Amando Lopez, on the 20th anniversary of his murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University and ordered Lopez and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  16. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (L) presents a medal to Juan Antonio Ellacuria (R), brother of Spanish-born Jesuit priest Ignacio Ellacuria, and his wife Manuela Balenciaga, on the 20th anniversary of his brother's murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University where Ellacuria was rector and ordered Ellacuria and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.

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  11. Aminatou Haidar, who has been on a hunger strike for three weeks, is taken to the bathroom at the airport in Lanzarote, Spain, on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. A Western Sahara independence activist who has been on a hunger strike in Spain for three weeks is now refusing medical care, a spokesman said Monday. Haidar made the decision after a Spanish judge visited her Sunday night where she is camped out at the Canary Islands airport to examine her and consider whether to order her to be force-fed, spokesman Fernando Peraita told reporters at the airport in Lanzarote.
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  14. Marseille's Souleymane Diawara of Senegal, right, reacts with Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal during their UEFA Champions League group C soccer match, Tuesday, Dec. 8 , 2009, in Marseille stadium, southern France.
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