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Russian nationalists rally at Bolotnaya Square, on an island in the Moscow River adjacent to the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011.Russian nationalists are rallying in downtown Moscow, demanding a bigger say for ethnic Russians in the country's politics and marking the first anniversary of a violent nationalist riot just outside the Kremlin.(Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian nationalists shout holding old Russian imperial flags during their rally in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. Russian nationalists are rallying in Moscow and St.Petersburg, demanding a bigger say for ethnic Russians in the country's politics and marking the first anniversary of a violent nationalist riot just outside the Kremlin.(Dmitry Lovetsky)

A woman wearing fake horns holds a banner during a demonstration against bullfighting in Mexico City December 10, 2011. More than hundred demonstrators took part in a protest against bullfighting in the country. Bullfighting has been one of the most popular sport in Mexico for the last 400 years, according to local media. The banner reads "Torture". Reuters

French Occupy protesters participate in a rally as part of the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights, on December 10, 2011 in center Paris. The activists, angered by state spending cuts that hurt ordinary people and high unemployment have called for a nationwide protest. Placard reads : 'Time for Outrage. Getty

Women dressed in violet clothes march from El Zocalo Square to the Revolution monument along Juarez Avenue on December 10, 2011 in Mexico City to protest against violence The activity called 'The Rally of the One Thousand Women' promotes to put an end to the discrimination and violence against women. Getty

Member of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) hold portraits of missing relatives during a demonstration to mark International Human Rights Day in Srinagar on December 10, 2011. Demonstrations were held in Srinagar to protest against alleged human rights violations by Indian security forces on Kashmiris. Rights groups say as many as 8,000 people, mostly young men, have 'disappeared' by security forces in India-administered Kashmir since an armed insurgency erupted in the Muslim-majority region. Getty

In this photo taken with a fisheye lens protesters gather during a rally in downtown St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. The sign reads "No vote". More than ten thousands people have protested in St.Petersburg against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party, which won the largest share of a parliamentary election that observers said was rigged. (Dmitry Lovetsky)

An elderly demonstrator holds a poster showing an edited photo of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and signed "2050. No" during a mass rally to protest against alleged vote rigging in Russia's parliamentary elections in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011.

Demonstrators shout during a mass rally to protest against alleged vote rigging in Russia's parliamentary elections in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. Russians angered by allegedly fraudulent parliamentary elections are protesting Saturday in cities from the freezing Pacific Coast to the southwest of Russia, eight time zones away, a striking show of indignation, challenging Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's hold on power. (Mikhail Metzel)

Demonstrators shout during a mass rally to protest against alleged vote rigging in Russia's parliamentary elections in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. Russians angered by allegedly fraudulent parliamentary elections are protesting Saturday in cities from the freezing Pacific Coast to the southwest of Russia, eight time zones away, a striking show of indignation, challenging Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's hold on power. (Mikhail Metzel)

Protesters light flares during a mass rally to protest against alleged vote rigging in Russia's parliamentary elections in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011.Russians angered by allegedly fraudulent parliamentary elections are protesting Saturday in cities from the freezing Pacific Coast to the southwest of Russia, eight time zones away, a striking show of indignation, challenging Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's hold on power. (Pavel Golovkin)

A supporter of Ivory Coast Prime Minister and leader of news forces the former rebel groupe looks on during a legislative election meeting in Ferkessedougou, north of Ivory Coast, on December 9, 2011. The December 11 polls are boycotted by former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front party (FPI) and its allies in protest against his arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Nearly 1,000 candidates are in the fray for the 255 parliamentary seats. Getty

People protest in the halls of the venue of UN Climate Talks on December 9, 2011, to demand that nations not sign a “death sentence” during the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban. Standing side-by-side with delegates from some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, civil society representatives sang traditional South African freedom songs and chanted slogans like, “Listen to the People, Not the Polluters. In the last 48 hours, over 700,000 people have signed petitions calling on major emitters to stand with the nations of Africa and resist any attempts to delay climate action until 2020. UN climate talks entered their second week entangled in a thick mesh of issues with no guarantee that negotiators and their ministers will be able to sort them out. The 194-nation process is facing, for the second time in two years, the prospect of a bustup, even as scientists warn against the mounting threat of disaster-provoking storms, droughts, flood and rising seas made worse by global warming. Getty

Journalists demonstrate during a protest against the murders of their counterparts outside the Presidential house in Tegucigalpa December 9, 2011. 17 journalists have been shot dead in Honduras since 2010, making the small Central American nation one of the world's most dangerous places for reporters, according human rights groups. Reuters

Bahraini women watch as hundreds of anti-government protesters (unseen) run Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, through the Musalla area of Manama, Bahrain, toward an area that had been the hub of Bahrain's spring uprising and is now a heavily militarized zone that protesters seek to reclaim. The protesters were forced back by riot police just short of the area. Writing on the wall reads "freedom" above pictures of political prisoners. (Hasan Jamali)

Russian opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov's wife Anastasia, left, speaks to the media as environmental activist and leader of the Khimki forest defenders Yevgenia Chirikova looks at her during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday Dec. 9, 2011. Energized activists and anxious authorities are bracing for anti-government protests planned across Russia's sprawling expanse Saturday that promise to be the largest demonstration of public outrage since the dying days of the Soviet Union.

Occupy Boston Protestors reacted to the announcement that their downtown encampment would not be evicted on December 9, 2011, in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino set a midnight deadline for Occupy Boston protestors to leave their downtown encampment in Dudley Square, or face eviction. In response, many of the protestors chose to take down their tents, and by the midnight deadline much of the camp was gone. At approximately 1:15AM on December 9, 2011, the Boston police announced that they would not evict the protestors from Dudley Square. Protestors took to the street in celebration, and further protest. Getty

Worker Pat Revell pickets outside Unilever's Port Sunlight factory on the Wirral, Merseyside on December 9, 2011 in Port Sunlight, England. The workers are on strike in protest against the company's plan to axe their final salary pension scheme. The strike is the first in the history of the consumer goods manufacturer who lists PG Tips tea and Persil washing detergent amongst its products. Getty

Supporters of the Serbian Radical Party stand in front of policemen while holding posters with a picture of party leader Vojislav Seselj during a protest against Serbia's efforts to become an official candidate for the European Union membership in front of Serbia's Presidency building in Belgrade December 9, 2011. The posters read, "We don't want in the European Union" (L), and "Tadic don't humiliate Serbs". Reuters

People sit as others lay on the ground as they watch a movie in the main entrance of Germans Trias i Pujol hospital during a protest against spending cuts in Catalonia's public healthcare system, in Badalona, near Barcelona city, Spain, Friday Dec. 9, 2011. The leaders of the 17 countries that use the euro, plus six others, have tentatively agreed to a new treaty that enforces stricter budget rules seen as crucial to solving Europe's debt crisis and holding the currency-bloc together. An agreement on fiscal discipline is considered a critical first step before the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and others would commit more financial aid to help countries like Italy and Spain, which have large debts and unsustainable borrowing costs. AP

Members of the Red Shirt movement joke with a Thai police officer as they gather to protest against former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva outside Metropolitan Police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Abhisit was called in to give information to a police investigation team on the government's crackdown on red-shirt demonstrators last year during which 91 people were killed. (Apichart Weerawong)

Panamanian people protest against the return of former General Manuel Noriega to Panama, in Panama City on December 09,2011. Noriega returns to Panama without the trappings of political or military clout, but with something of incalculable value -- detailed knowledge of the skeletons that lurk in the Central American nation's closet. Getty

Thousands of people gather outside the main courthouse during the first trial of 22 leftist students who were jailed after they staged a demonstration to protest a police crackdown on anti-government demonstrators in the northern town of Hopa, Black Sea, ahead of general elections in June, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. (Burhan Ozbilici)

Activists of the Ukrainian women's movement FEMEN stage a performance in front of the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, on December 9, 2011, to protest against alleging mass fraud in the Russian December 4 parliamentary polls and demanding Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that he stop his political activities. Putin, who became premier in 2008 after serving two Kremlin terms, filed this week his application to stand in the March elections. Getty

Activists of Ukraine's protest group Femen, protest outside the Christ the Saviour cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. The post-election protests in Moscow drew thousands and continued for several days in the biggest ever challenge to Putin, reflecting a growing public frustration with his rule that may complicate his bid to reclaim the presidency in next March's vote. (Ivan Sekretarev)