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A participant performs during a Gay Pride Parade on Copacabana beach in Rio De Janeiro November 18, 2012. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Toronto Argonauts Jason Barnes (L) jumps over Montreal Alouettes Jerald Brown during the second half of the CFL's Eastern Conference Final football game in Montreal, November 18, 2012. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger

President Barack Obama walks through a Thai military honor guard upon his arrival at Don Muang international airport in Bangkok November 18, 2012. Obama kicked off a three-country Asia tour with a visit to Thailand on Sunday, using his first post-election trek overseas to try to show he is...

Smoke and debris are seen after an Israeli air strike on the office of Hamas television channel Al-Aqsa in a building that also houses other media in Gaza City November 18, 2012. REUTERS/Majdi Fathi

Israeli soldiers pray near the border with the central Gaza Strip November 18, 2012. REUTERS/Nir Elias

Girondins Bordeaux's celebrate just before the French Ligue 1 soccer match between their team and Olympique Marseille at the Chaban Delmas stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France, November 18, 2012. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

A Palestinian stone-thrower uses a sling to throw back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli security forces during clashes outside Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah November 18, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

An Israeli shoots a video at the scene after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza landed in the southern city of Ashdod November 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground...

A Thunderbolt Craziness guitarist is seen wearing a metal suit, which protects him from high-voltage electricity, before a performance in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China November 16, 2012. The band specializes in producing electric arcs, from tesla coils that are charged with one million volts of...

The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is seen shortly after it landed with the International Space Station (ISS) crew of Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams, near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan November 19, 2012...

Red Star fans light flares as they cheer for their team during their Serbian Superleague soccer match against Partizan Belgrade in Belgrade, November 17, 2012. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Friends Sherry (L) and Amelia share a laugh at a bar on 6th Street in Austin, Texas on November 18, 2012. The friends said they were dressed for a wake, which they attended earlier in the day. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

A man smokes as he sells coconuts at a market in Yangon, Myanmar, November 18, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Palestinian members of the Civil Defense help a survivor after he was pulled out from under the rubble of his destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City November 18, 2012. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Asian shares rise on hopes for U.S. fiscal deal By Chikako Mogi TOKYO | Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:33pm EST (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Tuesday on hopes of a compromise in the U.S. fiscal crisis, while the euro fell after Moody's Investors Service scrapped France's top-notch credit rating...

Greece imposes spending controls to appease lenders By Lefteris Papadimas and Harry Papachristou ATHENS | Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:45pm EST (Reuters) - Greece approved laws on Monday to enforce budget targets and ensure privatization proceeds are used to pay off debt, seeking to appease foreign...

Rioters attack ethnic Somalis in Kenyan capital By Richard Lough NAIROBI | Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:09pm EST (Reuters) - Kenyan police fired tear gas to disperse rioters who attacked ethnic Somalis in the Nairobi district known as "Little Mogadishu" on Monday, hurling rocks and smashing windows...

Greek PM to visit Merkel's Bavarian ally next month BERLIN | Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:11pm EST (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will travel to Bavaria next month to meet the leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative sister party whose officials have repeatedly called for...

Rwanda accuses Congo of shelling border town By Jonny Hogg GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo | Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:09pm EST (Reuters) - Rwanda accused U.N.-backed Congolese forces of shelling its territory during a battle with rebels near the border on Monday but said it had no plans to...

U.S., southeast Asian nations start trade initiative WASHINGTON | Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:58pm EST (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and southeast Asian leaders launched an initiative aimed at expanding trade and investment ties between the United States and 10 countries in southeast Asia, the...