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Posted: 8/21/2012 3:18:42 PM EST
A protester wears a tape over his mouth with the alleged number of people who voted for the impeachment of the country's president written on it, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled that a referendum to oust the country’s president is invalid ending weeks of political uncertainty that sent the national currency plummeting to record lows. President Traian Basescu will return to his post as president, after being suspended by parliament. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Posted: 8/21/2012 3:18:42 PM EST
FILE: A Jan. 25, 2012 file photo shows Romanian President Traian Basescu gesturing in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, that a referendum to oust the country’s president is invalid, ending weeks of political uncertainty that sent the national currency plummeting to record lows. President Traian Basescu will return to his post as president, after being suspended by parliament. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
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Posted: 8/21/2012 3:18:42 PM EST
A protester shouts anti presidential slogans in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled that a referendum to oust the country’s president is invalid ending weeks of political uncertainty that sent the national currency plummeting to record lows. President Traian Basescu will return to his post as president, after being suspended by parliament. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Posted: 7/30/2012 2:58:27 PM EST
This photo taken July 27, 2012 shows Jim Husa, 87, of Lawrence, Mich. outside a US Post Office in Lawrence, Mich. The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency's solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to stem the red ink. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
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Posted: 7/30/2012 2:58:27 PM EST
This photo taken July 27, 2012 shows a mailbox outside a US Post Office in Lawrence, Mich. The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency's solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to stem the red ink. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
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Posted: 7/24/2012 11:08:24 AM EST
FILE - This April 25, 2011 file photo shows United Parcel Service driver Albert Palafox in Palo Alto, Calif. UPS lowered its earnings expectations for the year on Tuesday as economic weakness and uncertainty persist around the globe. United Parcel Service Inc. lowered its full-year forecast by 25 cents per share to $4.50 to $4.75. The world's largest package delivery company said its customers are worried about the global economy weakening in the second half of the year.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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Posted: 7/24/2012 11:08:24 AM EST
FILE- In this Tuesday, July 17, 2012, file photo, a UPS truck drives away after making a stop in Coral Gables, Fla. UPS, the world's largest package delivery company, lowered its earnings expectations for the year on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 as economic weakness and uncertainty persist around the globe. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Posted: 7/24/2012 11:08:24 AM EST
In this April 25, 2011 photo, United Parcel Service (UPS) driver Albert Palafox finishes his deliveries in Palo Alto, Calif. UPS lowered its earnings expectations for the year on Tuesday as economic weakness and uncertainty persist around the globe. United Parcel Service Inc. lowered its full-year forecast by 25 cents per share to $4.50 to $4.75. The world's largest package delivery company said its customers are worried about the global economy weakening in the second half of the year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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Posted: 7/24/2012 10:13:22 AM EST
Spain's Economy Minister Luis De Guindos gestures during a parliamentary hearing at the Spanish Parliament, in Madrid, Spain, Monday, July 23, 2012. Economy Minister Luis de Guindos told reporters Monday before going into Parliament to discuss the rescue package for the banks that Spain would not need a bailout and said the intense market pressure was due to uncertainty over the future of the single euro currency. Financial pressure on recession-hit Spain ratcheted up further Monday to a level that has seen other European countries needing financial bailouts. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Posted: 7/16/2012 4:37:06 PM EST
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) gestures during his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Jerusalem July 16, 2012. Clinton, arriving in Jerusalem from newly Islamist-controlled Egypt, told a wary Israel on Monday to treat the Arab Spring as an opportunity as well as a source of uncertainty convulsing the Middle East. REUTERS/Abir Sultan/Pool
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Posted: 6/20/2012 6:19:30 AM EST
People sit in front of Maadi military hospital where Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak was being treated after transferred from Tora prison, on the outskirts of Cairo June 20, 2012. Hosni Mubarak's transfer to a Cairo military hospital from prison after officials said the ousted leader had suffered a health crisis created a fresh sense of uncertainty for Egyptians as they awaited the result of a weekend presidential poll. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)
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Posted: 6/20/2012 6:18:46 AM EST
A man walks in front of Maddi military hospital where Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak was being treated after transferred from Tora prison, on the outskirts of Cairo June 20, 2012. Hosni Mubarak's transfer to a Cairo military hospital from prison after officials said the ousted leader had suffered a health crisis created a fresh sense of uncertainty for Egyptians as they awaited the result of a weekend presidential poll. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)
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Posted: 6/19/2012 11:53:23 AM EST
Customers browse discounted goods for sale at a "one euro store" in Athens, on Monday, June 18, 2012. Europe looked on with wary relief Monday as Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras received a mandate to launch coalition talks after coming first in national elections that follow weeks of uncertainty over the debt-crippled country's future in the continent's joint currency. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Posted: 6/18/2012 3:15:46 PM EST
Customers browse discounted goods for sale at a "one euro store" in Athens, on Monday, June 18 2012. Europe looked on with wary relief Monday as Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras received a mandate to launch coalition talks after coming first in national elections that follow weeks of uncertainty over the debt-crippled country's future in the continent's joint currency. (AP Photo / Petros Giannakouris)
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Posted: 6/18/2012 3:15:46 PM EST
The outstretched hand of a beggar reaches on a sidewalk in central Athens, Monday, June 18, 2012. Europe looked on with wary relief Monday as Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras received a mandate to launch coalition talks after coming first in national elections that follow weeks of uncertainty over the debt-crippled country's future in the continent's joint currency. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Posted: 6/18/2012 2:20:48 PM EST
Greece's conservative election victor Antonis Samaras leaves the presidential palace after meeting Greek President Karolos Papoulias in Athens, Monday, June 18 2012. Europe looked on with wary relief Monday as Samaras received a mandate to launch coalition talks after coming first in national elections that follow weeks of uncertainty over the debt-crippled country's future in the continent's joint currency. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Posted: 6/17/2012 2:45:53 PM EST
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon speaks during a news conference at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Mexico is hosting the upcoming G-20 summit, beginning Friday in the coastal resort of Los Cabos, where leaders will start assembling a few days later against a backdrop of financial turmoil and uncertainty in Europe. Calderon said leaders of the world's largest economies will work to produce a lasting solution to the European financial crisis. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Posted: 6/14/2012 10:32:48 AM EST
A bank owned home is advertised for sale in Encinitas, California in this August 18, 2009 file photograph. Foreclosure starts rose year-over-year in May for the first time in more than two years as banks resumed dealing with distressed properties after a mortgage abuse settlement earlier this year, data firm RealtyTrac said on June 14, 2012. The $25 billion settlement between major banks and states, formally approved in April, had been expected to jump-start foreclosure proceedings that were previously stalled by uncertainty about the liability of banks. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Files (UNITED STATES POLITICS - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS)
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Posted: 6/14/2012 10:31:08 AM EST
A bank-owned property for sale sign is pictured in Arvada, Colorado in this June 23, 2009 file photograph. Foreclosure starts rose year-over-year in May for the first time in more than two years as banks resumed dealing with distressed properties after a mortgage abuse settlement earlier this year, data firm RealtyTrac said on June 14, 2012. The $25 billion settlement between major banks and states, formally approved in April, had been expected to jump-start foreclosure proceedings that were previously stalled by uncertainty about the liability of banks. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)
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Posted: 6/13/2012 1:50:46 AM EST
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon speaks during a news conference at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Mexico is hosting the upcoming G-20 summit, beginning Friday in the coastal resort of Los Cabos, where leaders will start assembling a few days later against a backdrop of financial turmoil and uncertainty in Europe. Calderon said leaders of the world's largest economies will work to produce a lasting solution to the European financial crisis. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)