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Youths throw stones at riot police during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. The protest mared two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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A youth with a bag attacks a riot policeman during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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A youth attacks a riot policeman during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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A riot policeman reacts during clashes with protesters in Athens, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)

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Pakistani security officials survey the site of suicide bombing in the compound of a government office in Ghalanai, the main town in Pakistani tribal area Mohmand, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. A pair of suicide bombers disguised as policemen killed many people in an attack targeting a tribal meeting called to discuss the formation of an anti-Taliban militia, in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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ALMOST EYE TO EYE: Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (left), Illinois Democrat, and Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, discuss lame-duck legislation issues Sunday on "Face the Nation." (Associated Press)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, is optimistic about reaching agreement with the Democrats about extending the Bush-era tax cuts. "I'm optimistic it'll come together," he said Sunday. "It's pretty clear taxes are not going up on anybody in the middle of this recession." (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent inspects a tunnel that authorities discovered Nov. 25, 2010, and say was used to smuggle drugs from Mexico to an Otay Mesa warehouse in San Diego. (Associated Press)

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An Afghan youth lies on a hospital bed after being injured in a suicide attack in Gardez, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. A Taliban suicide bomb ripped through shop stalls inside the Gardez army base, killing two NATO service members and at least two civilians, officials said. (AP Photo)

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Republican Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., arrives for a rare Saturday lame duck session of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. The Senate agenda features a pair of votes: one on a proposal to extend all expiring tax cuts on individuals with incomes of less than $200,000 a year and married couples making less than $250,000; the other to renew them for all tax filers with incomes of less than $1 million. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks to a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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A Greek firefighting plane participates in efforts to extinguish a wildfire over Ein Hod in northern Israel, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Foreign firefighters and aircraft poured into Israel Friday in an unprecedented wave of international assistance as the country battled a huge forest fire that has killed dozens of people and displaced thousands. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

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This product image courtesy of Piperlime shows a limited edition T-shirt designed by Mondo Guerra to benefit amFAR. Mondo designed two limited-edition T-shirts to launch Wednesday, to coincide with World AIDS Day. For each shirt sold, $20 will be donated to amFAR, an organization that focuses on AIDS research. (AP Photo/Piperlime) NO SALES

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A worker walks past the a red ribbon on a poster in Johannesburg, South Africa on Friday Aug. 20, 2010. The Red Ribbon campaign promotes awareness of the ongoing fight against the AIDS epidemic, and marks World AIDS Day on December 1st. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)