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Levi jeans are made of cotton. Cotton has more than doubled in price over the past year, reaching the highest mark since the Civil War. (Associated Press)
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An unidentified Egyptian army major general on Monday addresses the nation on state television about ending labor unrest. (Associated Press)
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Protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Baghdad on Monday. Hundreds of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad against corruption and the lack of government services. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama speaks at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology, in Parkville, Md., Monday, Feb., 14, 2011. At right is Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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**FILE** Glen Perkins delivers copies of the fiscal 2012 budget to the Senate Budget Committee hearing room in Washington on Feb. 14. (Bloomberg)
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Copies of President Obama's 2012 budget are delivered to the Senate Budget Committee, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama walks with budget director Jack Lew and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington as they travel to Baltimore, Md., Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew discusses the White House budget on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates talks about the Defense Department's proposed budget at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and the Senate Budget Committee's top Republican, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, right, give the GOP response to President Obama's budget submission for Fiscal Year 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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A Haitian holds up a picture of ousted ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide at a Feb. 2 protest in Port-au-Prince demanding his return. (Associated Press)
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Mr. Aristide, at a Jan. 15 press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, said he was ready to return to his quake-devastated country, but he did not say when or how. The former Haitian president currently lives in exile in South Africa. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Jazz pianist George Shearing, here with actress Lynn Redgrave, plays at an Arts and Entertainment Network party in New York in 1968. Mr. Shearing, who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, died on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, in New York of congestive heart failure. He was 91. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Newlywed Filipino couples kiss during ceremonies at a mass wedding in the suburban city of Taguig, south of Manila, as they celebrate Valentine's Day on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. About 140 couples wed in the nuptials, sponsored by local government officials. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena activists burn greeting cards during a protest against Valentine's Day celebrations in Jammu, India, on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. Hard-line Hindu groups routinely protest against the perceived invasion of Western culture into India. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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Copies of the U.S. government budget for fiscal 2012 are stacked up at the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, greets the Turkish delegation as his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, second left, looks on, during an official welcoming ceremony for him, in Tehran Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Military police and soldiers surround remaining protesters while trying to clear Tahrir Square in Cairo on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. Egypt's military rulers dissolved parliament Sunday, suspended the constitution and promised elections in moves cautiously welcomed by pro-democracy protesters. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad speaks to his Cabinet members after a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Feb. 14 , 2011. The Palestinian prime minister dissolved his Cabinet in an emergency meeting Monday, in what appeared to be a new gesture by the Western-backed government to be inspired by unrest rocking the Arab world.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Willow Wimbush, left, and Nancy Harris, work on copies of the Appendix of the 2012 budget at the U.S. Government Printing Office at Washington on Feb. 10, 2011. President Obama will send his 2012 budget proposal to Congress on Monday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
