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This photo illustraion made available on Aug. 11, 2010 by United Airlines and Continental Airlines shows changes to the visual branding for the new global airline. Shareholders of United's parent company and Continental Airlines are voting on a deal that would create the world's biggest airline. Results of the voting will be announced Friday Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Tammy Bryngelson)
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Cars are covered in debris after a severe storm moved through the area Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)
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**FILE** Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner told the Senate banking committee in September that he would use "all the tools available" to balance trade practices. He warned about the "risk" of passing legislation designed to penalize China. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press South Korean protesters with portraits of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-il (right) and what is thought to be his third son, Kim Jong-un, shout slogans during a rally in Seoul in March 2009. There are no known verifiable photos of the younger Mr. Kim as an adult.
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Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, arrives for a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Geithner said China needs to allow a "significant, sustained" rise in its currency as lawmakers called for the U.S. to toughen its stance on the yuan. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner takes his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, prior to testifying before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Treasury Department's report on international economic and exchange rate policies. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Senator Christopher Dodd, left, a Democrat from Connecticut, talks with Senator Richard Shelby, a Republican from Alabama, during a Senate Banking Committee hearing with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Geithner said China needs to allow a "significant, sustained" rise in its currency as lawmakers called for the U.S. to toughen its stance on the yuan. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg
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Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, testifies at a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Geithner said China needs to allow a "significant, sustained" rise in its currency as lawmakers called for the U.S. to toughen its stance on the yuan. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg
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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Treasury Department's report on international economic and exchange rate policies. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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President Barack Obama announces his plans to work on free trade agreements and to step up trade promotion at a meeting of his export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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From left, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, attend a meeting of President Obama's export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama announces his recommendations to work on free trade agreements and to step up trade promotion at a meeting of his export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Small Business Administration head Karen Mills, left, and UPS CEO Scott Davis attend a meeting of President Obama's export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama announces his recommendations to work on free trade agreements and to step up trade promotion at a meeting of his export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. He is flanked by Boeing President Jim McNerney, chair of the President's Export Council, left, and XEROX CEO Ursula Burns, vice chair of the President's Export Council. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama greets UPS CEO Scott Davis, as he arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, where the president announced his recommendations on free trade agreements at a meeting of his export council. At right is Vermeer Corporation President Mary Vermeer Andringa. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this photo provided by OneStopPlus.com, the OneStopPlus spring 2011 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/OneStopPlus.com) NO SALES
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D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty concedes defeat Wednesday in his bid for another term. At campaign headquarters, he called it the "beginning of the end of a great 10-year run."
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A classified 1969 map produced by the People's Republic of China official map authority lists the "Senkaku Islands" as Japanese territory, underming Beijing's more recent claims that the islands it calls the Daiyoutai Islands are Chinese territory. The map bolsters Tokyo's claims to the sovereignty.
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President Barack Obama, center, speaks as Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, listen during a new conference on the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept., 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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An Indian paramilitary soldier prepares to throw a stone at Kashmiri Muslim protesters during a protest in the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on Wednesday, Sept.15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
