Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the local government's plans to cut spending on public health care, outside Madrid's health regional office in Madrid Dec 27, 2012.[Photo/Agencies]

A stuffed bear lying at a memorial is blanketed by snow after an overnight snowfall near Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman on Dec 14 armed with a military-style assault rifle shot dead 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut Dec 27, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]