Week 43 featured and earthquake in Turkey, more Occupy protests, first democratic elections in Tunisia for decades, the launch of the first European Galileo satellite amd the All Black winning the rugby world cup.

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Cyclists warm up at sunrise before their heats in the men's BMX cycling competition final at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, October 21, 2011. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

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Protestors display the colors of pre-Gadhafi Libya, Yemen and Syria flags painted on their hands during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa October 21, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

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The Soyuz VS01 as it lifts off carrying the first two satellites in Europe's Galileo global positioning system, at the Guiana Space Center in Sinnamary, French Guiana in this October 21, 2011 handout photo. The launch was the first time that the Russian Soyuz, which first flew in 1966 and traces its roots back to the earliest Cold War intercontinental ballistic missiles, has taken off from outside its old Soviet Union bases. REUTERS/ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE/S. Corvaja/Handout

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A man is reflected in the mirror of a motorcycle past a billboard showing posters of Argentina's current President and presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Buenos Aires, October 21 2011. Fernandez looks set to win easy re-election on Sunday after a dramatic comeback that has confounded critics of her unconventional economic policies and combative style.A center-leftist who has given the state a leading role in the economy, Fernandez has rebounded from low approval ratings and angry protests by farmers and middle-class voters that erupted early in her first term. Polls show she could win more than 50 percent of the vote on Sunday. REUTERS/Martin Acosta

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A man walks past stained glass windows inside the Gaddafi National mosque after Friday prayers in Uganda's capital Kampala October 21, 2011. REUTERS/James Akena

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A soldier from the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade greets his wife as he returns from a yearlong tour in Afghanistan in Fort Drum, New York, October 21, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers from Morocco stand guard in front of barricades in the village of Dudin Krs, near the town of Zvecan October 22, 2011. Tensions have mounted as Kosovo's government tries to stamp its authority over its largely lawless north, home to 60,000 ethnic Serbs who still pledge allegiance to neighbouring Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz attends a graduation ceremony for air force officers at King Faisal military collage in Riyadh in this December 27, 2009 file photo. Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz has died, CNN reported on October 22, 2011. Prince Sultan, thought to be aged about 86, had been on a visit to the United States for medical tests. As well as heir to the throne of the world's top oil exporter, he was defence minister. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed/Files

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Lindsey Vonn from the U.S. reacts after winning the women's giant slalom World Cup race on the Rettenbach glacier in the Tyrolean ski resort of Soelden October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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Director Steven Spielberg (L) receives the Commander of the Order of the Crown decoration from Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders during a ceremony ahead of the world premiere of the movie The Adventures Of Tintin, The Secret of The Unicorn in Brussels October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Yves Herman

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Women look at food displayed in a mobile shop in the village of Gedevichi, some 80 km (50 miles) from Minsk, October 22, 2011. A mobile shop wagon goes around to small villages, which do not have food stores, twice a week. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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Girls wave their scarves during an awareness rally for breast cancer in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh October 22, 2011. The rally was held to promote breast cancer awareness and support the fight against it. REUTERS/Ajay Verma

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Red Bull Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany arrives in his car as thousands of motor racing fans attend a welcome party for Vettel in his German home town of Heppenheim October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Alex Domanski

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.The body of Muammar Gaddafi is seen inside a meat locker in Misrata October 22, 2011. October 22, 2011. Gaddafi's body, bloodied and half-naked on a filthy mattress in a meat locker, is the latest spoil of war hauled back to Misrata by its exuberant fighters, confident they are Libya's fiercest revolutionaries. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

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Participants cross a mud obstacle during the Wild Boar Dirt Run (Wild Sau Dirt Run) in Laaben, 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Vienna, October 22, 2011. Some one thousand competitors take part in the annual event, which consists of a cross country run followed by an assault course over a distance of either 10 or 20 kilometres ( 6.2 - 12.3 miles). REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

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Brazil team members clasp hands before their women's preliminary round basketball game against Jamaica at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara October 22, 2011. The games run through October 30. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

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Cyclist Marc De Maar of Netherlands Antilles poses at the podium after winning the gold medal in the men's road race cycling competition at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

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Swiss Guards stand guard during a concert for Pope Benedict XVI by the Bavarian State Orchestra in Paul VI hall at the Vatican October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

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A policeman takes a video with an iPad during the Hungarian champion league soccer match between Ferencvaros and Ujpest in Budapest October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

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Libyan revolutionary fighters coming back from Sirte are welcomed at Al Guwarsha gate in Benghazi October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori

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Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by cardinals as he arrives to attend a concert by Bavarian State Orchestra in Paul VI hall at the Vatican October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

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A baby gestures minutes after he was born inside the pediatric unit at hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa October 21, 2011. According to Honduras' health authorities, about 220,000 babies are born in Honduras each year and the cost of having a baby delivered at the public hospital is $10. The world's population will reach seven billion on October 31, according to projections by the United Nations. Picture taken October 21, 2011. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

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Lightning flashes behind Memorial Stadium at the University of Oklahoma during a weather delay before the start of their NCAA Big 12 Conference football game against Texas Tech in Norman, Oklahoma October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Brandon Wade

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A view looking out from the bridge of the stricken container ship Rena, about 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Tauranga, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island October 23, 2011. Four vessels have been working since early this afternoon to corral up to 10 tonnes of oil which spilled overnight from the 47,230 tonne Liberian-flagged Rena, which has been stuck for more than two weeks on the Astrolabe Reef, says Maritime New Zealand. REUTERS/Svitzer/Handout

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An Afghan man pushes a popcorn machine as he looks for customers on a road in Kabul October 23, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

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In this combination picture showing the sequence, (top to bottom, left to right), Honda MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli (in white) of Italy is seen during a crash involving Yamaha's Colin Edwards of the U.S (in black) and Ducati's Valentino Rossi of Italy (R) at the Malaysian MotoGP in Sepang October 23, 2011. Simoncelli has died after a crash at the Malaysian MotoGP in Sepang, organisers said on Sunday. He was 24. REUTERS/Dorna via Reuters TV

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New Zealand All Blacks captain Richie McCaw (C) holds up the Webb Ellis Cup after beating France to win the Rugby World Cup final match at Eden Park in Auckland October 23, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

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New Zealand All Blacks' Cory Jane (L) and Israel Dagg make snow angels in confetti as they celebrate beating France to win the Rugby World Cup final at Eden Park in Auckland October 23, 2011. REUTERS/Nigel Marple

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A wooden cross is placed on a concertina wire in front of a NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldier from Germany at the barricades in the village of Jagnjenica, near the town of Zubin Potok October 23, 2011. Hundreds of Kosovo Serbs prevented NATO troops in Kosovo (KFOR) from removing roadblocks on roads to two contested border crossings between the country's volatile north and Serbia early on Saturday, witnesses said. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Demonstrators shout nationalist slogans during a protest against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in central Istanbul October 23, 2011. The Turkish military said on Saturday its forces had killed 49 Kurdish militants in the southeast over the last two days, during an offensive to avenge the killing of 24 soldiers by Kurdish fighters earlier this week. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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Rescue workers try to save people trapped under debris after an earthquake in Tabanli village near the eastern Turkish city of Van October 23, 2011. The office of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said that an earthquake near the southeastern city of Van on Sunday had caused loss of life and damage to property, the state-run Anatolian news agency reported. It gave no numbers for the death toll. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.6, Turkey's Kandilli Observatory and Research Institute said. REUTERS/Abdurrahman Antakyali/Anadolu Agency

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Visitors walk through a tunnel forming part of the old Malta Railway which was closed down in 1931 in Floriana, outside Valletta, October 23, 2011. Locals and tourists flocked to see part of the network of tunnels which were opened to the public on Sunday for the first time in a generation, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

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A cavalryman of the British historical re-enactment team of the 17th Lancers reacts as his horse gets too close too spectators during the Fort Rinella Military Festival at Fort Rinella coastal battery in Kalkara, outside Valletta, October 23, 2011. Fort Rinella was built by the British Royal Engineers in 1878 as part of a set of four equally designed coastal batteries in Gibraltar and Malta. Each fort was armed with a single 100-ton gun, none of which were ever fired in anger. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez adjusts her hair after casting her vote at a polling station in the Patagonian city of Rio Gallegos, October 23, 2011. Fernandez looks set to win easy re-election today after a dramatic comeback that has confounded critics of her unconventional economic policies and combative style. REUTERS/Andres Stapff

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Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (L) and Javier Hernandez (2nd L) react during their English Premier League soccer match against Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, northern England, October 23, 2011. REUTERS/Darren Staples

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People gather at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro October 23, 2011. The world's population will reach seven billion on October 31, 2011, according to projections by the United Nations REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

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German navy sailing ship 'Gorch Fock' of the Deutsche Marine, navy forces of the German army Bundeswehr, is pictured on its way to a shipyard in Kiel, October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

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A Buddhist monk walks in a flooded street in central Bangkok October 24, 2011. Thailand is struggling with its worst flooding in 50 years, which has affected a third of its provinces and could swamp more of its densely populated capital, Bangkok, if water flowing from the north and heavy rain cause canals to burst their banks. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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Guinness World Record holder for the 'Most Pierced Man', Rolf Bucholz of Germany, poses showing some of his 453 piercings in Dortmund, October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

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Nine-month-old Hevin, whose mother works as a midwife, lies in a hammock at a maternity ward in Karachi October 24, 2011. The world's population will reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. While more people are living longer and healthier lives, says the U.N., gaps between rich and poor are widening and more people than ever are vulnerable to food insecurity and water shortages. REUTERS/Insiya Syed

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Store clerk Allison Page unpacks a box of the new biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson in San Francisco, California October 24, 2011. The biography hit bookstores on Monday, but was released earlier than expected on Apple's iBooks and Amazon.com's Kindle late Sunday. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

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Ecuador's Alexandra Andagoya competes in the women's 53kg category of the weightlifting competition at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

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Smoke rise from burning tyres at the Periferico Avenue in Guatemala City, October 24, 2011. Protesters gathered to demonstrate to demand that Congress pass the Law 38-69 housing law. The law will guarantee adequate housing, services and infrastructure for people living in informal settlements without basic services, local media reported.
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Security guards make a human chain blocking people as the airplane carrying the body of Saudi Crown Prince, Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, who died in America on Saturday, arrives at Riyadh Military Air Base in Saudi Arabia, October 24, 2011. The death of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan sets the stage for an eventual generational shift in the ageing leadership of the world's top oil exporter, even if King Abdullah picks 77-year-old Prince Nayef to succeed him. Saudi officials announced the funeral will be held in Riayadh on October 25. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

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Rescue workers carry a baby from a collapsed building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, October 25, 2011. A 14-day-old baby was rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Tuesday, 46 hours after an earthquake struck southeast Turkey, a Reuters Television journalist said. REUTERS/Stringer

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A residential area is flooded in the suburbs of Bangkok October 25, 2011. Thailand announced a five-day holiday on Tuesday to give people to the chance to escape floods closing in on Bangkok as authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of a housing estate on the outskirts of the city after a protection wall gave way. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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A view of the city skyline from the Shanghai Financial Center building, October 25, 2011. The world's population will reach seven billion on October 31, 2011, according to projections by the United Nations. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Models present creations for the NE TIGER 2012 Haute Couture collection with the theme Tang Dynasty (618-907) during China Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2012 in Beijing, October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee

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U.S. President Barack Obama laughs during taping of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Burbank, California, October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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Juventus' supporters hold scarves before their match against Fiorentina during their Serie A soccer match at Juventus stadium in Turin October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo

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Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement celebrate outside Ennahda's headquarters in Tunis October 25, 2011. The party said on Tuesday it had won more than 40 percent of seats in Sunday's election, pledging to continue democracy after the first vote that resulted from the Arab Spring revolts sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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All Nippon Airways (ANA) President and Chief Executive Shinichiro Ito holds a bouquet of flowers as he waves with passengers, ANA employees and officials before boarding a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft at Narita airport in Narita, east of Tokyo October 26, 2011. The Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner takes its first paying passengers aloft on Wednesday, showing off a carbon-composite design its maker says is lighter, more economical to fly and more comfortable than its metal rivals currently plying the airways. The special charter flight by the twin-engined jet from Tokyo to Hong Kong comes after years of delays as Boeing engineers had to deal with glitches and parts delays, leaving some $16 billion of inventory at Boeing's plants. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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Asmat tribesmen and women dance during the week-long Asmat tribal cultural festival in the Agat district in Indonesia's Papua province October 25, 2011. Picture taken October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Muhammad Yamin

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Passengers sit on the rooftop of a commuter train as it arrives at the Manggarai train station in Jakarta October 26, 2011. PT KAI spokesperson Mateta Rizalulhaq said the state railway operator had cancelled more than 29 scheduled train services, from October 19 to November 29, to accommodate an upgrade of three electrical substations along the line. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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Claudio Barbato (L), a member of the opposition FLI party, fights with Fabio Ranieri (R) from the Northern League in Parliament in Rome October 26, 2011. The Italian deputies exchanged blows in parliament on Wednesday as tensions over a tough economic reform programme came to a head. REUTERS/Ansa/Giuseppe Lami

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A man paints a tombstone at the cemetery of Casabermeja, near the southern Spanish city of Malaga October 26, 2011. Catholics will mark All Saints Day on November 1 by visiting cemeteries and graves of deceased relatives and friends. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

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Liverpool's Luis Suarez celebrates his goal against Stoke City during their English League Cup soccer match at the Britannia Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, October 26, 2011. REUTERS/Darren Staples

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Men paddle canoes filled with sand through water hyacinth floating on the Lagos Lagoon October 26, 2011. Rapidly growing megacities in Africa and Asia face the highest risks from rising sea levels, floods and other climate change impacts, says a global survey aimed at guiding city planners and investors. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

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Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leaves a euro zone leaders summit in Brussels October 27, 2011. Euro zone leaders said on Thursday they had reached agreement on a comprehensive package of measures to tackle the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

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A parent and his infant take part in an underwater nerve therapy session by the Gezenguz (Rascal) Foundation in Budapest October 27, 2011. Infants and children who have birth injuries and congenital developmental conditions or diseases seek rehabilitation at the foundation. REUTERS/Ferenc Redei

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Horsemen compete during a Buzkashi game in Kabul October 27, 2011. The Afghan national sport of buzkashi is played between two teams of horsemen competing to throw a beheaded 30kg (66 lb) calf, goat, or sheep into a scoring circle. Only the best players, the chapandaz, get close to the carcass in the competition, and the winner receives prizes either in cash or kind that have been donated by a sponsor. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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Saeed, 10, carries his nine-month-old sister Muskaan through an alley in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, in Mumbai October 27, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain toasts during a party in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi October 27, 2011. India will host its maiden F1 race from October 28-30. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma

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Luis Cequeira of Argentina (2nd L) shoots past Daniel Santiago of Puerto Rico (R) during their men's preliminary round basketball game at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara October 27, 2011. The games run through October 30. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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New York Islanders' Marty Reasoner (16) sprays Pittsburgh Penguins' goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) with ice shavings in the second period of their NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 27, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Cohn

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Hundreds of people hold a vigil in support of Scott Olsen at City Hall in Oakland October 27, 2011. Olsen, a former U.S. soldier wounded in a protest on the streets of Oakland after surviving two tours in Iraq, has put a new face on the 'Occupy' movement by galvanizing veteran backing for the push against economic inequality in the United States. REUTERS/Kim White

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St. Louis Cardinals' David Freese has his jersey ripped off by teammates after hitting the game winning home run against the Texas Rangers in the eleventh inning in Game 6 of MLB's World Series baseball championship in St. Louis, Missouri, October 27, 2011. REUTERS/Jim Young

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Riot police surround university students who broke into the National Assembly area during a rally against the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) talks in Seoul October 28, 2011. Thousands of protesters including farmers, unionised workers and university students gathered the rally. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak

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An emu makes its way through a wheat field on a farm near Chinchilla, about 250km (155 miles) west of Brisbane, October 28, 2011. The emu, Australia's largest native bird, is flightless and a common resident across large rural areas of the country. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

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