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Clemson defensive end Da'Quan Bowers answers a question about his declaring for the NFL draft while meeting with media, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, in Clemson, S.C. The junior, from Bamberg, S.C., has been ranked as high as the number one overall pick by several draft analysts. (AP Photo/Anderson Independent-Mail, Mark Crammer)

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Iran's nuclear chief and acting foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi (second from left) gestures as he talks to a group of foreign diplomats through snowfall during their visit to the Iran's heavy water nuclear facilities near the central city of Arak on Saturday. Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, walks at second right. (Associated Press/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan)

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A supermarket is on fire after it was sacked and looted in Bizerte, Tunisia, on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. The Tunisian capital's main train station has been burned to the ground, and shops have been sacked and looted in violence that came after the North African nation's president fled the country. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

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** FILE ** In this July 27, 2004, file photo, Ron Reagan, son former President Ronald Reagan, talks about stem cell research to the delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Ronald Reagan's son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease while he was still in the White House, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

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A man carries goods from the house of Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother of the former president's wife, Leila Ben Ali, in Sokra, 16 kms (10 miles) from Tunis, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. The Tunisian capital's main train station has been burned to the ground, and many shops have been sacked and looted in violence that came after the North African nation's president fled the country. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

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Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele makes his remarks during a Republican National Committee Winter Meeting in Oxon Hill, Md., on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about China on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Reince Priebus, of the Wisconsin Republican Party, talks with members during the Republican National Committee Winter Meeting on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele walks off stage after announcing that he would drop his re-election bid, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, during the Republican National Committee Winter Meeting in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, shakes hands with South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

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Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mohammed Ghannouchi, appears on state television Friday Jan. 14, 2011, to announce that he is assuming power in Tunisia. The announcement came on Friday after many thousands of protesters mobbed the capital of Tunis to demand the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and unconfirmed reports said he has already left the country. (AP Photo)

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Republican National Committee (RNC) member Borah Van Dormolen from Texas casts her vote for the next chairman of the Republican National Committee during the RNC Winter Meeting at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Demonstrators throws stones at police during clashes in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Tunisia's president declared a state of emergency and announced that he would fire his government as violent protests escalated Friday, with gunfire echoing in the North African country's usually calm capital and police lobbing tear gas at protesters. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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An armored vehicle patrols a street in Tunis during clashes, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Tunisia's president declared a state of emergency and announced that he would fire his government as violent protests escalated Friday, with gunfire echoing in the North African country's usually calm capital and police lobbing tear gas at protesters. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Plain clothed police and riot police officers clash with demonstrators in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Tunisia's president declared a state of emergency and announced that he would fire his government as violent protests escalated Friday, with gunfire echoing in the North African country's usually calm capital and police lobbing tear gas at protesters. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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A Tunisian riot police officer stands behind a barricade during riots in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Tunisia's president declared a state of emergency and announced that he would fire his government as violent protests escalated Friday, with gunfire echoing in the North African country's usually calm capital and police lobbing tear gas at protesters. (AP Photo/Hedi Ben Salem)

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Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mohammed Ghannouchi, centre, appears on state television with other unidentified government members, Friday Jan. 14, 2011, to announce that he is assuming power in Tunisia. The announcement came on Friday after many thousands of protesters mobbed the capital of Tunis to demand the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and unconfirmed reports said he has left the country. Prime Minister Ghannouchi announced on TV that he will hold power until early elections are held. (AP Photo) TV OUT - NO SALES

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Demonstrators throw stones at police during clashes in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Tunisia's president declared a state of emergency and announced that he would fire his government as violent protests escalated Friday, with gunfire echoing in the North African country's usually calm capital and police lobbing tear gas at protesters. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Demonstrators runs as police throw teargas during a demonstration in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Tunisia's president declared a state of emergency and announced that he would fire his government as violent protests escalated Friday, with gunfire echoing in the North African country's usually calm capital and police lobbing tear gas at protesters. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Demonstrators clash with police after a demonstration in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Tunisia's president declared a state of emergency and announced that he would fire his government as violent protests escalated Friday, with gunfire echoing in the North African country's usually calm capital and police lobbing tear gas at protesters. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)