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    On the issue Merkel said, "A nuclear bomb in the hands of an Iranian president who denies the Holocaust, threatens Israel and denies Israel the right to exist, is not acceptable." Perhaps the most controversial issue that Merkel addressed was concerning Afghanistan. Full Article at TransWorldNews
    A nuclear bomb in the hands of an Iranian president who denies the Holocaust, threatens Israel and denies Israel the right to exist, is not acceptable.
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  1. Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa leaves the prime minister's official residence after he met Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's central bank decided Tuesday to further ease monetary policy by massaging the economy with cheap loans amid government pressure to respond to a surging yen and falling consumer prices.
  2. Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa is surrounded by reporters after he met Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at Hatoyama's official residence Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's central bank decided Tuesday to further ease monetary policy by massaging the economy with cheap loans amid government pressure to respond to a surging yen and falling consumer prices.
  3. Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, center, is surrounded by reporters after he met Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at Hatoyama's official residence Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's central bank decided Tuesday to further ease monetary policy by massaging the economy with cheap loans amid government pressure to respond to a surging yen and falling consumer prices.
  4. World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, right, sits with Feedback Ventures Pvt Ltd. Chairman Vinayak Chatterjee, second fromleft, during a meeting with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) chief executive officers in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. The World Bank is expected to increase its lending to India by over three times to US$ 7 billion in 2009-10 compared to the average US$ 2.3 billion for the last four financial years, according to a news agency.
  5. Former England cricket player Ian Botham applauds during a ceremony at Seenigama Oval cricket ground in Seenigama, 90 km (56 miles) south of Colombo, December 2, 2009. Botham helped start a Sport for Life project with the backing of the Foundation of Goodness, which has been helping to rebuild communities in the villages in the area, and he is now returning to see the progress of the project in the five years since the tsunami struck.
  6. Pakistani officials examine the site of a suicide bombing at the entrance of Pakistan's navy headquarters in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. A suicide bomber set off explosives he was carrying outside the entrance of the headquarters Wednesday, killing at least one security guard and wounding some three others, police said.
  7. A Pakistan army soldier stands guard at the site of a suicide bombing at the entrance of Pakistan's navy headquarters in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. A suicide bomber set off explosives he was carrying outside the entrance of the headquarters Wednesday, killing at least one security guard and wounding some three others, police said.
  8. A woman looks at a gold necklace in the mirror at a jewellery shop in Mumbai December 2, 2009. Gold scaled another all-time high above $1,200 an ounce on Wednesday, helped by a weaker dollar as it lost some of its safe-haven appeal due to upbeat U.S. home sales and renewed appetite for riskier assets.
  9. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: The table of Amanda Knox's defence lawyer Luciano Ghirga before the closing arguments for the Meredith Kercher Trial at the courthouse on December 2, 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.
  10. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: The table of Amanda Knox's defence lawyer Luciano Ghirga before the closing arguments for the Meredith Kercher Trial at the courthouse on December 2, 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.
  11. Former England cricket player Ian Botham arrives at Seenigama Oval cricket ground in Seenigama, 90 km (56 miles) south of Colombo, December 2, 2009. Botham helped start a Sport for Life project with the backing of the Foundation of Goodness, which has been helping to rebuild communities in the villages in the area, and he is now returning to see the progress of the project in the five years since the tsunami struck.
  12. A naval personnel collects body parts from the site of a suicide bombing outside Pakistan's naval headquarters in Islamabad December 2, 2009. The suicide bomber blew himself up outside Pakistan's naval headquarters Wednesday, killing one wounding at least 11 people, police said.
  13. Former England cricket player Ian Botham (R) shakes hands with students at Seenigama Oval cricket ground in Seenigama, 90 km (56 miles) south of Colombo, December 2, 2009. Botham helped start a Sport for Life project with the backing of the Foundation of Goodness, which has been helping to rebuild communities in the villages in the area, and he is now returning to see the progress of the project in the five years since the tsunami struck.
  14. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: The table of Amanda Knox's defence lawyer Luciano Ghirga before the closing arguments for the Meredith Kercher Trial at the courthouse on December 2, 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.
  15. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: Amanda Knox's defence lawyer Luciano Ghirga attends the Meredith Kercher Trial for the closing arguments at the courthouse on December 2, 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.
  16. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: Amanda Knox's defence lawyers Carlo Dalla Vedova (L) and Luciano Ghirga attend the Meredith Kercher Trial for the closing arguments at the courthouse on December 2, 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.
  17. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: Amanda Knox's defence lawyers Carlo Dalla Vedova (L) and Luciano Ghirga attend the Meredith Kercher Trial for the closing arguments at the courthouse on December 2, 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.
  18. Issa Hayatou, chairman of the South Africa 2010 World Cup organising committee, attends a media conference in Cape Town December 2, 2009, ahead of Friday's draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals. France, World Cup winners in 1998 and finalists in 2006, missed out on a place in the eight top seeds for Friday's draw, announced by FIFA on Wednesday. FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke told a news conference the decision had been based on the world rankings and had no connection with the controversy over France's infamous "handball" goal against Ireland.