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A new security system employed by the G4S security company in the United Kingdom slathers currency with glue and dye when the company's cash boxes are opened improperly. (AP Photo/Courtesy of G4S)

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Mohamed El Baradei, former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks May 24, 2012, to the media in Vienna, Austria. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addresses the Latino Coalition's 2012 Small Business Summit on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses the Latino Coalition's 2012 Small Business Summit, Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Facebook Inc.'s stock climbed $1, or 3.2 percent, to close at $32 on Wednesday, but it is still trading nearly 16 percent below its $38 initial public offering price. The stock's rocky inaugural trading day Friday was followed by a two-day decline. (Associated Press)

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In an April 16, 2012, photo trader Richard Newman, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street headed for another day of losses, Wednesday May 23, 2012, with Dow Jones industrial futures down 0.5 percent to 12,410 and S&P 500 futures 0.6 percent lower at 1,306.50. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Maryland House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell says “this deal was cut” regarding a second special session for a Prince George's County casino proposal. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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At the height of the debt crisis last winter, the eurozone – led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel – proposed a so-called "fiscal pact" that would tie member countries to strict fiscal and deficit targets. But, as many economists had predicted, austerity has dragged down already fragile economies and, as economic output shrinks, the debt burden actually looks worse. (Associated Press)