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This undated file image taken from the Russian social networking website "Odnoklassniki", or Classmates, shows a woman journalists have identified as Anna Chapman, who appeared at a hearing Monday, June 28, 2010 in New York federal court. Chapman, along with 10 others, was arrested on charges of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. attorney general. The caption on Odnoklassniki reads "Russia, Moscow. London, Stone age." (AP Photo, File)

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This undated file photo from an exhibition on the legendary U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers at the Berlin Allied Museum in 2000, shows Powers standing in front of a U-2 photo reconnaissance plane. Powers and Rudolf Ivanovich Abel were released from their prison terms for espionage and were exchanged secretly at the border between West Berlin and East Germany on Feb. 10, 1962. (AP Photo/Allied Museum, File)

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In this Feb. 11, 1986 file photo, Soviet Jewish dissident Anatoly B. Shcharansky, left, is escorted by U.S. Ambassador Richard Burt after Shcharansky crossed the border between East Germany and West Berlin at Glienicke Bridge during an East-West spy and prisoner exchange. (AP Photo/File)

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President Barack Obama and Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan take part in a campaign fundraiser, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama listens to Dennis Hartman during his tour of Smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, July 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama walks into a campaign fundraiser for Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama takes off his suit jacket during a campaign rally for Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign fundraiser for Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally for Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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A supporter stands up to applaud during the introduction of President Barack Obama at a campaign fundraiser for Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama and Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan during a campaign rally for in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, July 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama greets supporters at a campaign rally for Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan, far left, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama waves to supporters after speaking at a campaign rally for Missouri Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Gen. David Petraeus, left, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates look on as President Obama announces that Gen. Petraeus will replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top commander in Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. On Thursday, July 8, 2010, Mr. Gates said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis will replace Gen. Petraeus at the U.S. Central Command. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Protesters shout slogans during a rally in central Athens,Greece, Thursday, July 8, 2010. More than 12,000 people took part in two separate protest marches, according to police estimates. Greece's governing Socialists are battling growing discontent as a new round of economic austerity faces party dissent, growing public hostility and fresh strike.(AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)

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Protesters take part in a rally in central Athens,Greece, Thursday, July 8, 2010. More than 12,000 people took part in two separate protest marches, according to police estimates. Greece's governing Socialists are battling growing discontent as a new round of economic austerity faces party dissent, growing public hostility and fresh strike.(AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)

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A protester stands in front of riot police outside parliament during a rally in central Athens, Thursday, July 8, 2010. More than 12,000 people took part in two separate protest marches, according to police estimates. Greece's governing Socialists are battling growing discontent as a new round of economic austerity faces party dissent, growing public hostility and fresh strike. The slogan on the T-shirt reads: "This country does not belong to the 300 (members of parliament) but the 10 million Greeks." (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

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Ruling, red collar and opposition lawmakers brawl as discussions start on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) planned with China on the legislature floor, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Pro-and anti-government lawmakers exchanged punches and threw garbage bins at each other Thursday in another raucous session in Taiwan's legislature after the speaker rejected an opposition bid to conduct a detailed debate on a contentious trade pact with China. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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Opposition lawmakers chant slogans and hold placards denouncing the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) planned with China on the legislature floor as legislatures start a review of the ECFA, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Opposition legislators chanted anti-trade pact slogans as they protested the planned trade agreement with rival China, saying it will undermine the island's self-rule and its economy. The placards read, "Review the trade deal piece by piece, not as a whole package." (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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Opposition lawmakers, front, chant slogans and hold placards denouncing the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) planned with China on the legislature floor as legislatures start a review of the ECFA, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Opposition legislators chanted anti-trade pact slogans as they protested the planned trade agreement with rival China saying it will undermine the island's self-rule and its economy. The placards read, "Review the trade deal piece by piece, not as a whole package." (AP Photo/Wally Santana)