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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou reacts as his government's parliament members applaud after his speech in Athens, on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Greece's ruling Socialists were in open revolt against their own prime minister ahead of a confidence vote Friday, in a political free-for-all over a new European plan to keep the deeply indebted country afloat. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou waves his hand as his government's parliament members applaud after his speech in Athens, on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Greece's ruling Socialists were in open revolt against their own prime minister ahead of a confidence vote Friday, in a political free-for-all over a new European plan to keep the deeply indebted country afloat. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves after speaking at the Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands after a town hall meeting in Exeter, N.H., on Thursday (Associated Press)

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In this video image released by the Israeli Defense Ministry on Nov. 4, 2011, Israeli soldiers on several small military boats appear to board a civilian boat believed to be one of two protest boats trying to violate Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. (Associated Press/Israeli Army)

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Protesters chant slogans Nov. 2, 2011, during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, held in front of the Arab league headquarters in Cairo. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks during a news conference at the G-20 Summit in Cannes, France, on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (left) speaks with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a roundtable meeting at a G-20 summit in Cannes, France on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Then-Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva speaks to the media Oct. 30, 2011, at a polling station during the presidential election in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (Associated Press, File)

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President Obama taps his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy during an afternoon G20 summit session in Cannes on Nov. 3, 2011. (Associated Press)

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President Coolidge poses with an international delegation from the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, including John Henry Cowles, the sovereign grand commander, to the president's right. While not a Freemason himself, he was known to speak well of them. (Library of Congress)

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George Washington is one of several prominent figures in American history who were members of the Masonic fraternity. (Associated Press)

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State Sen. James C. Rosapepe (left) and Senate Minority Leader E.J. Pipkin want BGE to become an independent firm in a merger involving its parent.

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** FILE ** Maryland State Sen. E.J. Pipkin, a Republican whose district includes parts of four Eastern Shore counties, talks during the Senate session at the statehouse in Annapolis, Md., in this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006 file photo. Pipkin issued a news release Wednesday Nov. 28, 2007, saying he will be making a "major announcement" about his political future in Maryland on Thursday. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)

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Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during the monthly NATO media briefing in Brussels on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Iraqi army soldiers stand guard near burned trailers (above) at Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad, in April after the army attacked the camp. An outdoor kitchen was also burned (below) and 36 residents of the camp were killed. The top U.N. envoy to Iraq, Martin Kobler, offered on Thursday to broker the peaceful closing of the camp for Iranian exiles, before the government in Baghdad forces its residents out at the end of the year. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks in front of the Key Bridge, which spans D.C. and Arlington, Va., on Nov. 2, 2011, urging Congress to pass the infrastructure piece of the American Jobs Act. (Associated Press)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses Socialist party members of parliament in Athens on Nov. 3, 2011. Greece's embattled prime minister says he has invited opposition conservatives to join talks on a major European debt deal, ignoring calls to hold an early general election. (Associated Press)