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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.

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Pakistani protesters rally near the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, to condemn the sentencing in New York of Aafia Siddiqui. A U.S. federal judge gave Siddiqui 86 years in prison after a jury found her guilty in February of trying to kill U.S. agents and military officers in Afghanistan in 2008. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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Police officers block Pakistani protesters from reaching the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, as they demonstrate against the sentencing of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist convicted in New York of trying to kill U.S. agents and military officers. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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Pakistanis protest on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Islamabad, Pakistan, to condemn the sentencing of Aafia Siddiqui by a federal judge in New York. Siddiqui, a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist, was convicted of trying to kill U.S. agents and military officers. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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Pakistani police officers block protesters trying to go to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, to condemn the sentencing of Aafia Siddiqui on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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Pakistani protesters rally on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Lahore, Pakistan, to condemn the sentencing of U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui in New York. Siddiqui's strange legal odyssey began two summers ago in Afghanistan, where she turned up carrying evidence suggesting she was a terrorist. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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Colombia's Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera waves to journalists as he arrives for a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Rivera confirmed that Colombia's military killed Jorge Briceno, also known as Mono Jojoy, the field marshal and No. 2 commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in bombing raids and combat targeting a major encampment at the edge of the country's eastern plains. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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Protestors shout slogans during a march Thursday Sept.23, 2010 in Paris. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Demonstrators march Thursday Sept.23, 2010 in Paris. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. Notre Dame cathedral is seen in background. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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People march during a protest, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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People march during a demonstration Thursday Sept. 23, 2010 in Paris. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Workers, one with posters reading "withdrawal" demonstrate in Nice, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Protesters are counting on people power to pressure the government to back down on its plan to up the retirement age from 60 to 62, with a second round of September strikes expected to hobble public transport, air traffic and schools across France.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

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Women holding a placard reading "Women! Double day, Half pension" during a protest, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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Passengers crowd a subway train Thursday, Sept. 23 2010, in Paris. Protesters are counting on people power to pressure the government to back down on its plan to up the retirement age from 60 to 62, with a second round of September strikes expected to hobble public transport, air traffic and schools across France. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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A railway security officer stands by a full car at Saint Lazare train station, Thursday, Sept. 23 2010, in Paris. Protesters are counting on people power to pressure the government to back down on its plan to up the retirement age from 60 to 62, with a second round of September strikes expected to hobble public transport, air traffic and schools across France. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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A woman demonstrates with a dog with a poster reading "Sarkozy dismissal" in Lyon, central France, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

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President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice wait for President Barack Obama to address the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , right, listens to President Barack Obama address to the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)