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Arturo Martinez speaks at a meeting with labor union and Communist Party leaders on Cuba's economic problems at the steel mill Antillana de Acero in Havana. Major free-market reforms are in the works on the island nation. (Associated Press)

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Protesting Bangladeshi garments workers burn tires and furniture to block traffic in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010. Workers demanding the implementation of a new minimum wage clashed with police at an industrial zone, leaving up to three people dead and 100 hurt, police and news reports said. (AP Photo/Alauddin Hossain Dulall)

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Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, signs the new retirement law in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. The law lowers the country's retirement age to 58 and also nationalizes the pension system and extends coverage to the 60 percent of Bolivians who work in the informal economy. At right is Pedro Montes, leader of Bolivia's Workers Central Union. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Dollar bills are on display at the Diversified table during a job fair at the Radisson Martinique hotel, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 in New York. The insurance company is giving away dollar bills to attract sales representatives. The Labor Department said Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, that first-time claims for jobless aid fell by 17,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 421,000 in the week ending Dec. 4. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican, said of the compromise: "This framework will allow us to extend all current tax rates and give economic recovery and job creation a chance." (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks to the news media Monday after meeting with Democratic congressional leaders about a year-end bipartisan agreement to extend expiring tax cuts. He said "there are things that I do not like" about the compromise with Republicans in exchange for an unemployment insurance extension. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A Wal-Mart employee retrieves shopping carts at a store in Washington Township, N.J. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, entertainer Jeneane Marie Cranert uses crutches to get around her Las Vegas home. The Vegas veteran, who has performed with Frank Sinatra and Liberace, has a bone disease in her hip, but doesn't have health insurance and can't afford hip replacement surgery. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

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In this Nov. 10, 2010, photo, job seeker Stephanie Taylor, second from right, fills out an application while attending a job fair in Livonia, Mich. The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 9.8 percent in November, a seven-month high, as hiring slowed. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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The home at 1020 Union Church Road in McLean is on the market for $1,399,000. The four-bedroom home, which has more than 5,750 finished square feet, was built in 1983.

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Filipino protesters burn caricatures of a monkey bearing the face of Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a rally demanding wage increase for workers near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Filipino protesters carry caricatures of a monkey bearing the face of Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a rally demanding wage increase for workers near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 1996, file photo, Terry Collins, the newly appointed manager of the California Angels, speaks at a news conference in Anaheim, Calif. Collins is a major league manager once again, hired by the New York Mets to help revitalize a franchise that has struggled on the field and at the gate. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press of the hire on condition of anonymity Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, because the two sides were still working out terms of the contract. The person said an announcement is expected early in the week. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

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Municipal workers scuffle with riot police in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Mounds of rubbish have piled up on the streets of the Greek capital, as the strike by municipal employees against wage cuts and planned layoffs of contract workers entered its fifth day Tuesday. Greece will receive the next part of its euro110 billion ($150 billion) bailout package, but still faces challenges in its reforms and must make an extra effort to meet next year's deficit targets, the IMF, ECB and EU executive said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)

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The shadows of municipal workers displayed , with the banner that reads '' Hands off, of our rights '' during a protest in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Mounds of rubbish have piled up on the streets of the Greek capital, as the strike by municipal employees against wage cuts and planned layoffs of contract workers entered its fifth day Tuesday. Greece will receive the next part of its euro110 billion ($150 billion) bailout package, but still faces challenges in its reforms and must make an extra effort to meet next year's deficit targets, the IMF, ECB and EU executive said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)

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People walk past a poster with the words "General Strike it's not one right. It's many." Tuesday, Nov. 23 2010, in Lisbon. Workers' unions have united in a call for a general strike for Nov. 24 protesting the government's package of austerity measures aimed at controlling the country's current financial crisis. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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A man hands out leaflets reading: "General strike" to commuters arriving in Lisbon from across the Tagus river Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Workers' unions have united in a call for a general strike for Nov. 24 protesting the government's package of austerity measures aimed at controlling the country's current financial crisis. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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**FILE** Transportation Security Administration employee Anthony Brock (left) demonstrates a new full-body scanner with TSA employee Andres Lozano at San Diego's Lindbergh Field on Sept. 1, 2010. The American Civil Liberties Union has denounced the machines as a "virtual strip search." (Associated Press/San Diego Union Tribune)

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In this photo taken Sept. 1, 2010, Transportation Security Administration employee Anthony Brock, left, demonstrates a new full-body scanner at San Diego's Lindbergh Field, with TSA employee Andres Lozano in San Diego. (AP Photo/San Diego Union Tribune, Eduardo Contreras)