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UKRAINE_4660_20121030

OSCE election observation mission special coordinator Walburga Habsburg Douglas (center) walks near the hospital where Yulia Tymoshenko, former Ukrainian prime minister and main opposition leader, undergoes medical treatment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Oct.30, 2012. Ukrainians authorities rejected her meeting wih Tymoshenko. (AP Photo/Dmitry Neymyrok)

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UKRAINE_4659_20121030

Vitali Klitschko (right), chairman of the Ukrainian opposition party Udar (Punch) and WBC heavyweight champion boxer, speaks with international election observer Hanne Severinsen in Brovary, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Ukrainian opposition parties are scrambling for position after the ruling party scored a confident victory in parliamentary elections denounced as unfair by international observers. (AP Photo/Olexander Kosarev)

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UKRAINE_4658_20121030

Vitali Klitschko (center), chairman of the Ukrainian opposition party Udar (Punch) and WBC heavyweight champion boxer, speaks with members of the election commission at their office in Brovary, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Ukrainian opposition parties are scrambling for position after the ruling party scored a confident victory in parliamentary elections denounced as unfair by international observers. (AP Photo/Olexander Kosarev)

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UKRAINE_4657_20121030

Election commission officials recalculate ballots at a district election commission in Kiev on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Ukrainian opposition parties on Tuesday appeared split over whether to recognize the ruling party's victory in a parliamentary election denounced as unfair by international observers. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

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UKRAINE_4656_20121030

Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk (center) arrives at a district election commission in Kiev on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Ukrainian opposition parties on Tuesday appeared split over whether to recognize the ruling party's victory in a parliamentary election denounced as unfair by international observers. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

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A Ukrainian election commission official carries a box of ballots to count at a district election commission in Kiev on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Ukrainian opposition parties on Tuesday appeared split over whether to recognize the ruling party's victory in a parliamentary election denounced as unfair by international observers. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

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UKRAINE_4654_20121030

Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk (center) speaks with members of the election commission in Kiev on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Ukrainian opposition parties on Tuesday appeared split over whether to recognize the ruling party's victory in a parliamentary election denounced as unfair by international observers. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

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SYRIA_4653_20121029

This image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows attempts to rescue the wounded following heavy bombing from military warplanes in Idlib, in northern Syria, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Syrian warplanes launched 60 airstrikes against rebel targets around the country on Monday, the most intense air raids across the country since the uprising began 19 months ago, according to anti-regime activists. At least 500 people were killed over the four-day period ending Monday when a U.N.-backed truce was supposed to be in effect, activists said, and the death toll for Monday so far has reached 80. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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SYRIA_4652_20121030

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, photo, a Syrian woman is stopped and questioned by rebels at a checkpoint in the Bustan Al-Pasha neighborhood, the boundary of the rebel-controlled area at the northeast limit of the Sheikh Maaksoud neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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SYRIA_4651_20121030

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, photo, destroyed buildings are seen along a desolated street in the Bustan Al-Pasha district after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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SYRIA_4650_20121029

In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, photo, a rebel fighter belonging to the Qatebee Sokor Al-Islam group sneaks through a residential building as he looks for a firing position during clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's troubles started 19 months ago.(AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, photo, night falls on a Syrian rebel checkpoint in the Bustan Al-Pasha neighborhood, the boundary of the area controlled by rebel fighters at the northeast limit of the Kurdish-controlled area of Sheikh Maksoud in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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SYRIA_4648_20121028

In this Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, photo, a rebel fighter poses holding handcuffs in the front-line neighborhood of Bustan Al-Pasha shortly after an army jet hits the rebel position in northeast Aleppo, Syria. Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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SYRIA_4647_20121028

In this Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, photo, a street of shattered buildings is viewed partially through a mirror used by rebel fighters to keep an eye on their enemy's positions in the Karm al-Jabel battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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SYRIA_4646_20121029

In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, photo, a rebel sniper aims at Syrian army positions in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's troubles started 19 months ago. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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SYRIA_4645_20121029

In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, photo, a rebel sniper aims at a Syrian army position, seen with another rebel fighter reflected in a mirror, in a residential building in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's troubles started 19 months ago. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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SYRIA_4644_20121029

This image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit news network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising following heavy bombing from military warplanes in Deir el-Zour's Jbeileh neighborhood, 450 km northeast of Damascus, Syria, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Syrian warplanes launched 60 airstrikes against rebel targets around the country on Monday, the most intense air raids across the country since the uprising began 19 months ago, according to anti-regime activists. Activists said at least 500 people were killed over the four-day period ending Monday when a U.N.-backed truce was supposed to be in effect. They said the death toll for Monday so far has reached 80. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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ROMNEY_4642_20121030

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets people as he participates in a campaign event collecting supplies from residents and local relief organizations for victims of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 0212, at the James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney receives bags of food as he participates in a campaign event collecting supplies from residents local relief organizations for victims of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at the James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)