Republican presidential hopefuls and debate moderators gather for a debate in Hanover, New Hampshire on October 11, 2011. (Adam Hunger/courtesy Reuters)
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British General John Burgoyne surrendering his sword to George Washington after the Battle of Saratoga. (John Trumbull/courtesy Library of Congress)
The twelve members of the Congressional Super Committee gather for opening remarks as the panel holds its inaugural meeting on September 8, 2011. (Mike Theiler/courtesy Reuters)
The leader of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army Joseph Kony (center), surrounded by his officers, addresses his first news conference in twenty years of rebellion on August 1, 2006. (Adam Pletts/courtesy Reuters)
Manssor Arbabsiar is shown in this courtroom sketch during an appearance in a Manhattan courtroom in New York, New York on October 11, 2011. (Jane Rosenberg/courtesy Reuters)
Mitt Romney speaking in South Carolina in September. (Chris Keane/courtesy Reuters)
A session of the United Nations Security Council in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/courtesy Reuters)
Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel at a summit in Brussels in March 2011. (Francois Lenoir/courtesy Reuters)
Caution tape across barrels of yellow cake at the Inkai uranium mine in Kazakhstan. (Shamil Zhumatov/courtesy Reuters)
Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting in Goffstown, New Hampshire on September 28, 2011. (Brian Snyder/courtesy Reuters)
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