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Combo shows German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Angela Merkel stumbling on the stage as Bavarian State Premier and Christian Social Union (CSU) leader Horst Seehofer looks on during the Christian Democratic Union's (CDU) party in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, on December 15, 2015.Merkel turned in a decisive performance at the Christian Democrats' gathering, uniting delegates behind a centrist line of humanitarian commitment coupled with a promise to reduce refugee numbers. / AFP / DPA / Michael Kappeler / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MICHAEL KAPPELER via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: A member of staff poses with a 'Grey Leather Handbag' during a press preview at Christies auction house on December 15, 2015 in London, England. Due to form part of the 'Mrs Thatcher - Property from the Collection of The Right Honourable The Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven LG, OM, FRS' sale on December 15th, it is expected to fetch between 1,000-1,500 GBP. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay, walks along a residential street in London on December 15, 2015. British resident Aamer, held in Guantanamo for more than 13 years has called for transparency over Britain's role in the US rendition programme but has ruled out seeking criminal prosecution for British officials. 'I just want people to tell the truth, like I'm doing now,' 46-year-old Shaker Aamer told the BBC on earlier this week, in his first round of interviews since being released from the US military prison in Cuba in October. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUSTIN TALLIS via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge takes part in some drumming 'music therapy' as she attends the Anna Freud Centre Family School Christmas Party at Anna Freud Centre on December 15, 2015 in London, England. The Duchess joined groups of families in Festive activities designed to help pupils reflect on the positive progress in their social relationships and communication skills. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) (credit:Chris Jackson via Getty Images)
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KARO, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 15: Hot lava run down from Mount Sinabung seen at Kuta Tengah village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia on December, 15. 2015. Mount Sinabung, is among about hundred active volcanoes in Indonesia, erupted since 2010 after being dormant for more then over 400 years. (Photo by Y.T Haryono/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Images are projected onto the Lindt Cafe during the one year service of the Lindt Cafe Siege on December 15, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Today marks the first anniversary of the deaths Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson, who were killed along with the gunman following a 17-hour siege at the cafe in 2014. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) (credit:Ryan Pierse via Getty Images)
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VAN, TURKEY - DECEMBER 15: A view of the Muradiye Falls frozen over due to the extreme cold weather, in Van, Turkey on December 15, 2015. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Members of the public look on during the one year service of the Lindt Cafe Siege on December 15, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Today marks the first anniversary of the deaths Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson, who were killed along with the gunman following a 17-hour siege at the cafe in 2014. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) (credit:Ryan Pierse via Getty Images)
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BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - DECEMBER 14: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NO SALES) In this handout from European Space Agency (ESA), Expedition 46-47 crew members (L-R) British Astronaut Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency), Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA pose after a press conference at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 14, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Soyuz TMA-19M is scheduled to launch on December 15 carrying crew members Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) to the International Space Station for a six-month mission, as part of Expedition 46-47. (Photo by Stephane Corvaja/ESA via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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Britain's astronaut Tim Peake waves from a bus during a sending-off ceremony at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome on December 15, 2015. Russia's Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 46/47 crew of Britain's astronaut Tim Peake, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Tim Kopra is scheduled to blast off to the ISS on December 15, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV via Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 14: Actress Daisy Ridley attends Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm's 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' on December 14, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images) (credit:Todd Williamson via Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 14: Actress Daisy Ridley arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' on December 14, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) (credit:Jon Kopaloff via Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 14: Actor John Boyega attends the World Premiere of ÂStar Wars: The Force Awakens at the Dolby, El Capitan, and TCL Theatres on December 14, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Disney) (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Harrison Ford, left, and Calista Flockhart arrive at the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles. Ford plays the role of Han Solo in the film. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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George Lucas, left, and J.J. Abrams arrive at the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Lupita Nyong'o arrives at the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles. Nyong'o plays the role of Maz Kanata in the film. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Fans dressed in character wait in the stands at the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Fans cheer in the stands at world premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 14: British Prime Minister David Cameron walks with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as she arrives for talks at 10 Downing Street on December 14, 2015 in London, England. Mr Cameron and Ms Sturgeon will discuss the terror threat facing the UK, and the police and intelligence agencies abilities to monitor terrorists online. (Photo by Jack Hill - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 14: Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her Cheif of Staff Elizabeth Lloyd arrive at Downing Street for a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron on December 14, 2015 in London, England. Mr Cameron and Ms Sturgeon are to discuss the terror threat facing the UK, and the police and intelligence agencies abilities to monitor terrorists online. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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Two polar bears play in the water in their enclosure at Moscow's zoo. (credit:VASILY MAXIMOV via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 14: Director Peter Landesman and actor Will Smith attends the 'Concussion' cast photo call at Crosby Street Hotel on December 14, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage) (credit:Gary Gershoff via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - In this photograph taken on December 13, 2015 Afghan policemen perform a drill during exercises as part of ceremony in a training center at Guzra district of Herat province. Around 950 policemen are being trained for 16 weeks, in shooting, body search, vehicle search, and apprending criminals and resistance against protesters. After they complete their training, they are being sent across the country. AFP PHOTO / Aref Karimi / AFP / Aref Karimi (Photo credit should read AREF KARIMI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AREF KARIMI via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Angela Merkel takes the stage to address the CDU annual federal congress in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, on December 14, 2015. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking to stamp out dissent in her conservative Christian Democratic Union's party congress over a record refugee influx after months of corrosive infighting. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP / THOMAS KIENZLE (Photo credit should read THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:THOMAS KIENZLE via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - People flee the effects of tear gas as Kurds clash with the Turkish police during a protest against the recent curfews imposed on Kurdish towns, on December 14, 2015, in downtown Diyarbakir. The Turkish authorities on December 11, lifted a nine-day curfew on the central Sur district in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, the main city of Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, after heavy fighting with Kurdish militants but then promptly reimposed the measure. / AFP / ILYAS AKENGIN (Photo credit should read ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ILYAS AKENGIN via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - A couple walks at the Tegeler lake in Berlin, on December 14, 2015, as sun downs. AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP / TOBIAS SCHWARZ (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOBIAS SCHWARZ via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - An Iraqi boy holds a lamb at a camp in the southern desert of Samawa in a area used by herdsmen to graze their stock on December 14, 2015. AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR HAMDANI / AFP / HAIDAR HAMDANI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HAIDAR HAMDANI via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 14: Former DJ Neil Fox kisses his wife Vicky as they leave court after he was cleared of all charges in his trial at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court on December 14, 2015 in London, England. Mr Fox was cleared of 10 separate charges which had been alleged to have taken place between 1988 and 2014. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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Woolwich was turned into a winter wonderland after Caroline Flack turned up to open up the door of Cadbury's real life advent calendar