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Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom, Coleen Rowley of the FBI and Sherron Watkins of Enron appear on the December 30, 2002 cover of Time Magazine's 'Persons of theYear' issue called 'The Whistleblowers' released Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002, New York. The magazine's editors chose Coleen Rowley, Cynthia Cooper and Sherron Watkins 'for believing, really believing, that the truth is one thing that must not be moved off the books, and for stepping in to make sure that it wasn't.' (AP Photo/Time Magazine, Gregory Heisler)
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German soldiers (facing) bow their heads for a minutes silence in memory of the German soldiers who died during a helicopter crash on Saturday as they attend a Christmas Carol service held by their British counterparts at Camp Souter in Kabul December 22, 2002. As part of the build up to Christmas the British troops serving in Afghanistan held a Christmas Carol service. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim
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A U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team, gearing up for night patrols to search for smugglers in the Gulf, check their weapons before setting out to the sea onboard the United States destroyer USS Fletcher, November 27, 2002. The USS Fletcher has been deployed in the Gulf in support of 'Operation Southern Watch' and 'Maritime Interception Operation' jointly with the Australian Navy.
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American comedian Drew Carey, second right, signs an autograph for U.S. sailor Daniel Edwards, 18, from Fontana, CA, during a ceremony in the hangar of aircraft carrier USS Constellation in the Persian Gulf, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002. Carey arrived aboard the carrier along with Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as part of a tour of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and the Gulf. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Chief of Operations Bruce Mitchell and Superintendent Judy Hansen of the Kingston, N.Y., Water Department stand near a valve that controls water flow out of Cooper Lake in Woodstock, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2002. Mitchell and Hansen are assessing the vulnerability of the city's water system the potential threat of terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)