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French Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development and Climate Negotiations Minister Jean-Louis Borloo arrives on September 14, 2009 at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris to attend a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and with US economist Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics, President of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progess, Head of the OFCE (Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques). The commission is to present new ways to improve the measurement of economic growth and to correct the deficiencies of the GDP reference indicator. Joseph Stiglitz
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: U.S. President George W. Bush (R) put his hand on the shoulder of economist and 1992 Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker (L) after he presented him with a Presidential Medal of Freedom during a presentation ceremony for the medal's 2007 recipients in the East Room of the White House November 5, 2007 in Washington, DC. The Medal of Freedom is given to those who have made remarkable contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, culture, or other private or public endeavors. Gary Becker
Members of the Unite union, supporters of the British Airways strike, wearing masks depicting US President Barack Obama, left, a pig, center, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, hold placards during a rally at Heathrow Airport in London, Saturday March 20, 2010. The placard, bottom left, refers to BA CEO Willie Walsh. TBritish Airways canceled more than 1,000 flights after its cabin crew launched a three-day strike Saturday, wreaking havoc on the plans of tens of thousands of passengers just before the busy spring holiday season. Chief Executive Willie Walsh issued a direct apology via YouTube for the walkout, the airline's first in almost 15 years, saying it was a "terrible day for BA." The strike _ backed by some unions in the United States, Germany and Spain _ also risked harm to Britain's Labour government before a tough general election expected before June. Barack Obama
NEW YORK - MAY 19: Dr. Eric R. Kandel addresses the audience after being honored during the 8th Annual Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards on Ellis Island on May 19, 2009 in New York City. Eric R. Kandel
Romanian born German author Herta Mueller, centre left, seen as she goes to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the Nobel prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Seated at right in the background are Professor Elinor Ostrom and Professor Oliver E. Williamson, Laureates in Economic Sciences. Elinor Ostrom
An Indian woman labourer carries stones on a construction site at a railway station in New Delhi, 18 February 2007. Whilst India's economy has undergone a substantial transformation since independence in 1947, women still suffer high levels of wage discrimination in the Indian urban labour market India
Main U.S. negotiator on the compensation of wartime slave and forced labor victims Stuart Eizenstat, left, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, right, attend a news conference at the opening of the five-day international conference on the Holocaust in Prague, Friday, June 26, 2008. The conference is focused on property restitutions, the importance of education and on social programmes for the Holocaust survivors, and is one of the last events to close the Czech EU presidency. Elie Wiesel
WASHINGTON - MAY 08: HIV co-discoverers Robert C. Gallo (R) and Luc A.Montagnier (L) speak at the National Press Club May 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. Gallo and Montagnier spoke about ongoing threats related to HIV during their appearance at the National Press Club. Luc Montagnier
ISRAEL - DECEMBER 9: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reads The Economist magazine during an Israeli Air Force helicopter trip to inspect a reinforced school December 9, 2008 in Sderot, southern Israel. Olmert visited the rocket-hit town and the neighbouring Kibbutz Givim to see first hand the reinforced rooms Israel is building to protect the civilian population against Palestinian Qassam rocket attacks from the nearby Gaza Strip. The Economist
Dutch MP Geert Wilders speaks to Columbia University students amid heavy personal security because of several death threats, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 at Columbia University in New York. Wilders told the students he wanted to discuss freedom of speech and the expanding threat of Islamisation of our Western societies. Columbia University
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on March 17, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Bernanke told the committee that the Federal Reserve was best-placed to monitor swathes of the banking sector, as sweeping reforms -- backed by US President Barack Obama -- sought to redefine the Fed's role. Federal Reserve
People walk past a China Mobile outlet in Hong Kong on March 18, 2010. China Mobile, the world's biggest telecom operator, said that sales and profits were boosted last year after it launched new products and tapped China's vast rural market. Hong Kong
Louisiana Tech's Shanavia Dowdell takes a shot during a practice session for the NCAA basketball tournament, Friday, March 19, 2010, in Tallahassee, Fla. Louisiana
Hawaii's Amber Kaufman eyes the bar as she competes in the high jump competition during the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championship in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday, March 12, 2010. Hawaii
(From L) Photos of Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz of the US and Israel's Ada Yonath are displayed on a screen as they win the Nobel Chemistry Prize 2009 for their studies on the ribosome, on October 7, 2009 in Stockholm. The trio were honoured for 'mapping the ribosome -- one of the cell's most complex machineries -- at the atomic level,' it said. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
University of California-Davis guard Joe Harden (22) shoots over Cal State Fullerton guard Jacques Streeter (11) in the first half of an NCAA Big West tournament basketball game in Anaheim, Calif., Thursday, March 11, 2010. University of California
Italy's Flanker Mauro Bergamasco (C) grabs the shorts of Wales' Wing Shane Williams (R) during the RBS Six Nations International rugby union match at The Millenium Stadium in Cardiff on March 20, 2010. Wales won the match 33-10. Wales
INDIAN WELLS, CA - MARCH 19: Robin Soderling of Sweden celebrates match point against Andy Murray of Great Britain during the BNP Paribas Open on March 19, 2010 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California. California

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao, right, sits with his wife May W. Kao during an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao, right, sits with his wife May W. Kao during an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao attend an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao attend an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao, right, celebrates with his wife May W. Kao during an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao, right, celebrates with his wife May W. Kao during an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao attend an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao attend an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao, right, sits with his wife May W. Kao during an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao, right, sits with his wife May W. Kao during an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao attend an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao attend an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao, right, celebrates with his wife May W. Kao during an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao, right, celebrates with his wife May W. Kao during an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao attend an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Professor Charles K. Kao attend an opening ceremony of the Nobel Exhibition at Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, Feb.5, 2010.

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