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A display shows cancelled flights due to a strike of airport employees at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on February 16, 2012. Around 200 workers at Frankfurt airport, Europe's third-busiest, went on strike over pay Thursday forcing... View Photo »
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A flight departure information board shows cancelled flights at the main terminal of Frankfurt's airport February 16, 2012. Workers who guide planes in and out of parking slots at Frankfurt airport have widened their plans to strike, which could disrupt... View Photo »
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A Lufthansa Boeing B747-400 aircraft is towed on the runway at Frankfurt's airport February 16, 2012. Workers who guide planes in and out of parking slots at Frankfurt airport have widened their plans to strike, which could disrupt more than 1,000... View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI poses with participants of the Council to the Episcopal Conferences of Europe, Africa and Madagascar at the Clementina Room at the Vatican February 16, 2012. View Photo »
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A Greek flag is reflected on smashed windows of a bank in Athens on Thursday Feb. 16, 2012. Mounting confusion over whether Greece will get vital bailout cash to avoid defaulting next month is rekindling fears that Europe's debt crisis will spread to... View Photo »
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In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift by participants to the council of episcopal conferences of Europe, CCEE, and of Africa and Madagascar, SECAM/SCEAM, at the Clementine Hall, at The... View Photo »
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (R) and Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas speak before a meeting on February 16, 2012 in Athens. Rasmussen said NATO would look to boost cooperation with North African... View Photo »
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A boy walks through the snow-covered park by the globe on which part of Africa and Europe are under the snow, in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. View Photo »
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) gives a press conference on February 16, 2012 with Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas in Athens. Rasmussen said NATO would look to boost cooperation with North... View Photo »
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen adjusts his earphone on February 16, 2012 during a press conference in Athens. Rasmussen said NATO would look to boost cooperation with North African and Middle Eastern... View Photo »
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The front pages of three Greek newspapers, depicting German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, from left to right, Dimokratia "In the gas chamber,'' Eleftheros Typos ''Schaeuble's Junta'' and Ta Nea ''What the Germans want" in Athens, Thursday, Feb.... View Photo »
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EU commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Laszlo Andor gestures during his press conference as he launches white paper on the future of pensions in Europe on February 16, 2012 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels.'Ensuring adequate pensions... View Photo »
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Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos (L) shakes hands with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on February 16, 2012 before their meeting in Athens. Rasmussen said NATO would look to boost cooperation with... View Photo »
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A road sign is seen in front of the headquarters of NICO (Naftiran Intertrade Company) in Pully near Lausanne February 1, 2012. An examination of the operations of NICO shows just how difficult it is for western companies to untangle their ties with Iran. View Photo »
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The headquarters of NICO (Naftiran Intertrade Company) is seen in Pully near Lausanne February 1, 2012. An examination of the operations of NICO shows just how difficult it is for western companies to untangle their ties with Iran. NICO is under... View Photo »
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An old man sells handmade shepherds' crooks and army surplus clothing opposite the main meat and fishmarket in central Athens on Thursday Feb. 16, 2012. Mounting confusion over whether Greece will get vital bailout cash to avoid defaulting next month is... View Photo »
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A woman begs in central Athens, opposite the Finance Ministry on Thursday Feb. 16, 2012. Mounting confusion over whether Greece will get vital bailout cash to avoid defaulting next month is rekindling fears that Europe's debt crisis will spread to... View Photo »
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Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, deputy chief executive of Belgian chemicals and plastics maker Solvay, presents the company's 2011 results at a news conference in Brussels February 16, 2012. Solvay said on Thursday market conditions are improving after a poor... View Photo »
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A woman walks past the statue of Ernest Solvay, the founder of Belgian drug and chemicals maker Solvay, outside the company's headquarters in Brussels February 16, 2012. Solvay said on Thursday market conditions are improving after a poor performance of... View Photo »
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A Lufthansa Boeing B747-400 aircraft is towed on the runway at Frankfurt's airport February 16, 2012. Workers who guide planes in and out of parking slots at Frankfurt airport widened their plans to strike, which could disrupt more than 1,000 flights at... View Photo »
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Dutch workers at Mitsubishi's sole western European plant protest on February 15, 2012 in The Hague against the closure of the NedCar factory in Born, where production is set to seize by year-end. The Japanese carmaker announced in Tokyo on February 6 it was planning to halt automobile...
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European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (L) visits the Euro exhibition at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing on February 15, 2012. China's Premier Wen Jiabao said on February 14 his country was ready to increase its participation in efforts to resolve...
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U.S. Lt. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, speaks during a news conference following his talks with the Chief of Staff of the Macedonian Army Maj. Gen. Goranco Koteski, not seen, in Skopje, Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
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Eva Joly, Europe Ecologie-Les Verts Green Party candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, poses for photographers after a news conference in Marseille, February 13, 2012.
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Eva Joly, Europe Ecologie-Les Verts Green Party candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, poses for photographers after a news conference in Marseille, February 13, 2012. The banner reads "No petroleum drilling in the Mediterranean".
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Eva Joly, Europe Ecologie-Les Verts Green Party candidate for the 2012 French presidential elections, waves at the end of her rally in Roubaix February 11, 2012.
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