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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Greek Prime Minister Loukas Papademos,center, leader of the Socialist Party PASOK George Papandreou, right, leader of the conservative Party New Democracy Antonis Samaras, 2nd left and the leader of the right wing LAOS party George Karadjaferis enter the meeting room at Maximos mansion in Athens on Wednesday Feb.8, 2012. After three days of delays, Greek coalition leaders began crucial debt talks Wednesday with the prime minister to review a draft deal on steep cutbacks demanded by creditors in return for a 130 billion euro ($170 billion) bailout. (AP Photo/Orestis Panagiotou-pool)

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A man begs at a pedestrian crossing at Athens' main Syntagma square, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. A general strike against the impending cutbacks stopped train and ferry services nationwide, while many schools and banks were closed and state hospitals worked on skeleton staff. (AP PhotoDimitri Messinis)

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A pelican flies above partially frozen Danube waters in Giurgiu, southern Romania, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Bulgaria and Romania are suspending all shipping on the Danube River due to severe frost and the vast amount of ice blocking the heavily traveled waterway, Bulgaria's Transport Ministry said Wednesday.Authorities say up to 90 percent of the river surface is covered with floating ice, making it extremely difficult to traverse Europe's main commercial waterway, which winds 2,860-kilometer (1,777-mile) from Germany and serves as the natural border between Bulgaria and Romania.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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US man who raised questions about mental illness executed in Mississippi for robbery slayings

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