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Students reach the highway and block it in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as they protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. The banner reads: "Let's block the Gelmini reform. Let's block everything". (AP Photo/Gianfilippo Oggioni)
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Students block the highway in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as they protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. The banner reads: "Let's block the Gelmini reform. Let's block everything". (AP Photo/Gianfilippo Oggioni)
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Students gather in downtown Rome Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, during a protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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** FILE ** This image released Nov. 27, 2010, by the Mauthnomah County Sheriff's Office shows Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19. (AP Photo/Mauthnomah County Sheriff's Office)
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Commuters walk near Pioneer Courthouse Square, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, in Portland, Ore. Terror suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud and an FBI operative parked a van full of dummy explosives across from Pioneer Courthouse Square just after sundown Friday while thousands gathered in the square for the annual tree lighting. Mohamud is accused of attempting to detonate the explosives. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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An empty parking space is shown near Pioneer Courthouse Square, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, in Portland, Ore. Terror suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud and an FBI operative parked a van full of dummy explosives in this space on Southwest Yamhill Street across from Pioneer Courthouse Square just after sundown Friday while thousands gathered in the square for the annual tree lighting. Mohamud is accused of attempting to detonate the explosives. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS David Stockman, budget director for President Reagan, sees tough decisions for President Obama's deficit commission as it prepares a final report.
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"There is nothing laudable about endangering innocent people, and there is nothing brave about sabotaging peaceful relations between nations on which our common security depends," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said.
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STATE SECRETS: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a statement at the State Department on Monday on the release of classified documents on the WikiLeaks website. (AP Photo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS LIP SERVICE: Despite an injured mouth that required 12 stitches, President Obama was able to deliver a statement at the White House on Monday.
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Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn A. Fine, seen in 2008, gained a reputation for independence while handling tough issues during the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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U.N. soldiers helped Haitian police guard polling places, where thousands demonstrated Monday after 12 of 18 candidates called for protests to demand the election be voided.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A protester stands next to a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with a red "no" cross drawn on it as she attends a small demonstration of about 100 opposition activists in downtown Cairo on Monday. Protesters clashed with police Monday, setting fire to cars, tires and two schools used as polling stations in riots sparked by alleged widespread fraud by the ruling party in Egypt's parliamentary elections.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed in a 2005 bombing in Beirut along with 22 others.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the release of diplomatic documents on WikiLeaks on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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** FILE ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during a press conference in Tehran on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Picasso Administration lawyer Jean-Jacques Neuer answers the Associated Press in Paris, Monday, Nov.29, 2010. A retired French electrician and his wife have come forward with 271 undocumented, never-before-seen works by Pablo Picasso estimated to be worth at least euro 60 million ($79.35 million), an administrator of the artist's estate said Monday. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pauses during a bilateral meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Stitches are seen in President Barack Obama's lower lip as he delivers a statement to members of the media in the Old Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Obama received 12 stitches after he took an errant elbow in the mouth last Friday morning during a game of basketball with friends and family at Fort McNair. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
