U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald talks about charges against ten Mexican drug cartel leaders at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington August 20, 2009. Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald talks about charges against ten Mexican drug cartel leaders at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington August 20, 2009.

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  1. Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald, left, yells at Ben Johnson during the second quarter against Syracuse in an NCAA college football game in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009.
  2. EVANSTON, IL - OCTOBER 31: Head coach Pat Fitzgerald of the Northwestern Wildcats watches as his team takes on the Penn State Nittany Lions at Ryan Field on October 31, 2009 in Evanston, Illinois.
  3. EVANSTON, IL - OCTOBER 31: Head coach Pat Fitzgerald of the Northwestern Wildcats watches as his team takes on the Penn State Nittany Lions at Ryan Field on October 31, 2009 in Evanston, Illinois.
  4. EVANSTON, IL - SEPTEMBER 12: Head coach Pat Fitzgerald of the Northwestern Wildcats talks with an official against the Eastern Michigan Eagles at Ryan Field on September 12, 2009 in Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern defeated Eastern Michigan 27-24.
  5. EVANSTON, IL - SEPTEMBER 12: Head coach Pat Fitzgerald of the Northwestern Wildcats watches the action on the field against the Eastern Michigan Eagles at Ryan Field on September 12, 2009 in Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern defeated Eastern Michigan 27-24.
  6. EVANSTON, IL - SEPTEMBER 12: Head coach Pat Fitzgerald of the Northwestern Wildcats kneels on the sidelines as he watches the action on the field against the Eastern Michigan Eagles at Ryan Field on September 12, 2009 in Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern defeated Eastern Michigan 27-24.
  7. Northwestern's coach Pat Fitzgerald shouts instructions in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Eastern Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, in Evanston, Ill. Northwestern won 27-24.
  8. Northwestern's coach Pat Fitzgerald shouts instructions in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Eastern Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, in Evanston, Ill. Northwestern won 27-24.
  9. Glenn Fine, Inspector General of the US Department of Justice,testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on Patriot Act re-authorization September 23, 2009 in the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  10. Assistant Attorney General David Kris, far right, and Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine, second from the right, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
  11. Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
  12. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight.
  13. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight.
  14. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight.
  15. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight.
  16. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight.

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  1. RICHMOND UPON THAMES, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Fourie du Preez of South Africa and the Barbarians poses for a portrait on December 1, 2009 in Richmond upon Thames, England.
  2. RICHMOND UPON THAMES, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Carlo del Fava of Italy and the Barbarians poses for a portrait on December 1, 2009 in Richmond upon Thames, England.
  3. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 01: Gracie Otto arrives for the 2009 MTV Summer Party at the Hyde Park Barracks on December 1, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  4. A man seriously injured in a suicide bomb attack is moved to a local hospital in Mingora, located in Pakistan's Swat Valley December 1, 2009. A suicide bomber killed a provincial parliamentarian in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday after walking into the official's house along with guests and blowing himself up. More than a dozen people were wounded in the attack, police said.
  5. RICHMOND UPON THAMES, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Schalk Burger of South Africa and the Barbarians poses for a portrait on December 1, 2009 in Richmond upon Thames, England.
  6. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 01: Amanda Knox (R) and Raffaele Sollecito (L) are led to their sets as they attend the Meredith Kercher murder trial for the closing arguments on December 01, 2009 in Perugia, Italy. Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are charged with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia on November 1, 2007. Jury deliberations begin on December 4, with a verdict expected either that evening or the following day.
  7. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 01: Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother arrives for the 2009 MTV Summer Party at the Hyde Park Barracks on December 1, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  8. Albino trader Leah Magesa wears a cloak over her head to protect her from the sun in Nyawilimilwa, Mwanza region of Tanzania, November 20, 2009. An estimated 200,000 albinos live in Tanzania, although fewer than 8,000 have registered officially. An International Federation of the Red Cross report said albinos faced "a silent emergency" and that their killings had triggered a "small scale humanitarian crisis" as albinos fled their homes to hide from potential killers. Picture taken November 21, 2009. Picture taken November 20, 2009.
  9. Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola (L) meets Fiat Chief executive officer Sergio Marchionne at the Economic Ministry in downtown Rome December 1, 2009.
  10. Security forces and volunteers assist in moving the body of lawmaker Shamsher Ali, a member of the Awami National Party, after he was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Mingora, located in Pakistan's Swat Valley December 1, 2009. A suicide bomber killed a provincial parliamentarian in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday after walking into the official's house along with guests and blowing himself up.
  11. Police officers and medical assistants escort defendant John Demjanjuk, who lies on a stretcher, during a trial break in the court in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Demjanjuk goes on trial on charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27.900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, opening the final chapter of some 30 years of efforts to prosecute the retired Ohio autoworker in Munich.
  12. Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini talks to reporters at the Perugia court, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. A defense lawyer for Amanda Knox, accused in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate in Italy, argued Tuesday that evidence in the case isn't sufficient to convict the American exchange student. In his closing arguments, lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova charged that key DNA evidence in the case cannot be attributed "beyond any doubt. " "There are still many doubts in this trial, and there's a young girl waiting to be judged," he told the eight-member jury, which is expected to issue a verdict this week. The Seattle-born Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are being tried in Perugia, central Italy, for the 2007 slaying of Meredith Kercher. They deny wrongdoing.
  13. Former Presidents from Peru, Alejandro Toledo. left, and Mexico, Vicente Fox, show a new document promoting the real democracy in Latin American for the next twenty years during the last Session of the XIX Ibero American summit in Estoril, near to Lisbon Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The annual summit brings together the leaders of 19 Latin-American countries plus Portugal, Spain and Andorra.
  14. European Council President-elect Herman Van Rompuy, left, and Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor, right, attend a joint press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
  15. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, top row left, jokes with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Rumania Jeleva, low row right, as Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj, low row left, and Foreign Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb look on during the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council family photo in Athens on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Foreign policy chiefs and senior officials from 56 countries gathered in Athens for two days of meetings on security challenges ranging from Afghanistan to cybercrime. Ministers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will aim at a rare political declaration for a common security framework in Europe and its broader area.
  16. U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox is accompanied by a police penitentiary officer as she arrives for a hearing at the Perugia court, Italy, Tuesday, Dec.1, 2009. A defense lawyer for Amanda Knox, accused in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate in Italy, argued Tuesday that evidence in the case isn't sufficient to convict the American exchange student. In his closing arguments, lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova charged that key DNA evidence in the case cannot be attributed "beyond any doubt. " "There are still many doubts in this trial, and there's a young girl waiting to be judged," he told the eight-member jury, which is expected to issue a verdict this week. The Seattle-born Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are being tried in Perugia, central Italy, for the 2007 slaying of Meredith Kercher. They deny wrongdoing.