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A woman with disabilities takes part in a march against the Greek government's new austerity measures outside the Labor Ministry in central Athens on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Greece is negotiating with its creditors on a new austerity program for the next two years. Until an agreement is struck, Athens will not receive a desperately needed new loan originally scheduled for June. Without it, the government will run out of money on Nov. 16. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Pedestrians pass in front a closed pharmacy in Barcelona on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Pharmacies in Catalonia on Thursday staged a strike to protest delays in government payments of 190 million euros ($246.30 million) for drugs they dispensed in July and August. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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A man walks by barriers protecting the parliament ahead of a planned demonstration against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Spain's economy continued to shrink in the third quarter, contracting by 0.4 percent compared with the previous three months, according to central bank estimates that will increase pressure on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to seek financial help from Europe. Several thousand people are expected to take part in the demonstration as lawmakers debate budget spending cuts for 2013. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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Students march in protest against government cuts in education in Barcelona on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. The Spanish government has pushed through nine straight months of tough austerity measures that have prompted Spain's 17 regional governments, some of which are heavily indebted, to slash spending in health care and education. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Protesters shout slogans against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Several thousand people noisily banging pots and pans marched down Madrid's main north-to-south boulevard protesting the government's austerity measures. With unemployment nearing 25 percent, Spain has introduced biting austerity measures as well as financial and labor reforms in a desperate bid to lower its deficit and assuage investors' misgivings. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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President Obama holds his jobs plans booklet while speaking Oct. 25, 2012, at a campaign event in Tampa, Fla. (Associated Press)

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President Obama makes an order Oct. 25, 2012, during an unannounced visit to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Tampa, Fla. Obama, who traveled to Florida for a campaign event nearby, surprised local patrons when he drove up in the morning. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this June 14, 2012, file photo, U.N. observers inspect the prayer hall of the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, which was damaged after a car bomb exploded near the shrine, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Iraqi Shiites increasingly fear the Muslim sect and its holy sites could be targeted in Syria, and Iranian-linked militants loyal to the faction are girding for a new eruption of retaliatory sectarian fighting, according to Iraqi Shiite leaders and government officials. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks as he campaigns in Reno, Nev., on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)

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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Landmark Aviation at The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)