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Israeli government minister Uzi Landau likens European leaders' efforts to get Iran to curb its nuclear program to Britain's early “appeasement” diplomacy with Adolf Hitler. (Associated Press)

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Kids in Nome, Alaska, play in sea foam near the town's harbor late on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, as a big Bering Sea storm starts kicking up waves. (AP Photo/Peggy Fagerstrom)

This image from the NOAA-19 satellite's AVHRR sensor shows the strong storm bearing down on western Alaska in this infrared imagery on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, at 5 a.m. EST. (AP Photo/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

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Hollywood producer/director Brett Ratner. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Capitals rookie center Cody Eakin scored his first NHL goal in his second game, a 5-1 road victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Scottsdale Scorpions catcher Derek Norris hits during a Fall League baseball game against the Mesa Solar Sox on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, in Mesa. (Rick Scuteri/Special to The Washington Times)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (right) arrives for a Cabinet meeting at the Parliament in Athens on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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China is using every means available to fill the burgeoning demand for electricity around the nation — such as this wind farm south of Urumqi city in Xinjiang, China — as well as to add to its portfolio of exports to the West. (Associated Press)

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A family rests in its new apartment home after relocating from farmlands in northern China. While trying to protect farmland from development amid a housing boom, officials are going after the land under farmers' homes. (Associated Press)

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A police forensic team examines the bodies of three people said to be gang members and killed by unidentified assailants in the village of Los Hornos, Honduras. Honduras has become a main transit route for South American cocaine, a trend that has helped drive the country's homicide rate to the highest level in the world and left many villages dependent on the cocaine trade. (Associated Press)

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A man and woman kiss at the riverfront promenade called "the Bund," one of the most popular tourist spots in Shanghai, an economic hub for China's changing economy. (Associated Press)

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A container ship visits the port in Ningbo, China, which has been in business for 1,200 years and now handles more than 100 million tons of cargo a year. It is one of the few in the world to reach that mark. (Orange County [Calif.] Register)

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BOOMTOWN:The cities of Shanghai (above) and Ningbo are now connected by a 22.5-mile ocean-spanning bridge, spurring talk that the region will become one of the world's largest metropolises. Port cities in China are now gearing up for a new generation of high-tech export goods rather than the lower-end consumer goods of the past decade. (Shanghai Pacific Institute for International Strategy via Associated Aress)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate, laughs with servers at Mary Ann's Diner during a campaign stop in Derry, N.H., in June. The eatery, decorated in '50s and '60s decor, is a must-visit campaign stop for presidential candidates campaigning in New Hampshire. (Associated Press)