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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, talk at the EU Russia summit in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009. Medvedev attends a summit in Stockholm with other leaders of the European Union and Russia for wide ranging talks on energy security, climate change, trade, human rights and border controls.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, center, and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, seen at the EU Russia summit in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009. Medvedev attends a summit in Stockholm with other leaders of the European Union and Russia for wide ranging talks on energy security, climate change, trade, human rights and border controls.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, shake hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009. Medvedev will attend a summit in Stockholm with other leaders of the European Union and Russia for wide ranging talks on energy security, climate change, trade, human rights and border controls.

Hilary Shelton of the NAACP, left, and American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Miller, center, listen as Jack Bonner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29,2009, before the House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee hearing on fraudulent letters sent to Congress on clean energy and climate legislation.

Hilary Shelton of the NAACP, left, and American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Miller, center, listen as Jack Bonner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29,2009, before the House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee hearing on fraudulent letters sent to Congress on clean energy and climate legislation.