U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C) pose for media before a meeting as they are flanked by Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (R) in Ankara March 7, 2009. Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C) pose for media before a meeting as they are flanked by Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (R) in Ankara March 7, 2009.

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  1. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Devlet Bahceli, leader of the opposition Nationalist Action Party, unseen, during a debate on government's "Kurdish initiative" in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Turkish Parliament begun discussing the decades-long issue in a tense atmosphere .Erdogan's deputy Ali Babacan is at the left.
  2. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) pose prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.

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  1. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Devlet Bahceli, leader of the opposition Nationalist Action Party, unseen, during a debate on government's "Kurdish initiative" in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Turkish Parliament begun discussing the decades-long issue in a tense atmosphere .Erdogan's deputy Ali Babacan is at the left.
  2. Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (C) sits with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (3rd L), Deputy Prime Ministers Cemil Cicek (2nd L) and Ali Babacan (L), Turkey's top military commander General Ilker Basbug (4th R), Commander of the Land Forces General Isik Kosaner (3rd R), Navy Commander Admiral Esref Yigit (2nd R) and Air Force Commander General Hasan Aksay (R) during a National Security Council meeting in Ankara October 20, 2009.
  3. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (2nd L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) talk prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  4. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) pose prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  5. Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L-R) talk prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009. Reform of the world's financial architecture took centre. stage at the semiannual meetings of the International Monetary. Fund and World Bank, and a meeting of Group of Seven finance. officials.
  6. (From L to R) Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn pose for a group photograph before attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009.
  7. A handout photo provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) posing for a group photograph on October 6, 2009 before attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul.
  8. Turkish Finance Minister Ali Babacan (R) shakes hand with U.S Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a special meeting on the International Monetary Fund's release of the 2009 World Economic Outlook at the Istanbul Congress Center in Istanbul on October 4, 2009. The United States today urged global action against 'money laundering and terror financing risks' from Iran and said sanctions against Iranian banks should be implemented by all nations.
  9. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (2nd R) reacts during a breakfast meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (2nd L) held at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  10. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham (C) arrives at a breakfast meeting with Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo, (unseen) at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  11. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) is shown to a breakfast meeting by Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  12. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks near U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (L) during a breakfast meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  13. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (C) shakes hand with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo during a breakfast meeting held at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. Seen in the background are U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman (3rd R) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (5th R). U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  14. US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton (R) chats with Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) at the start of a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People on November 17, 2009 in Beijing. US President Obama and China's Hu Jintao pledged to apply their joint political might to the world's toughest problems, but friction was evident on Tibet, economics and Iran.
  15. A server places a napkin on US President Barack Obama (2nd L), seated next to Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton (R) at the start of a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People on November 17, 2009 in Beijing. US President Obama and China's Hu Jintao pledged to apply their joint political might to the world's toughest problems, but friction was evident on Tibet, economics and Iran.
  16. Front L-R: US President Barack Obama, Chinese President Hu Jintao and US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton take part in a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People on November 17, 2009 in Beijing. US President Obama and China's Hu Jintao pledged to apply their joint political might to the world's toughest problems, but friction was evident on Tibet, economics and Iran.

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  1. An undated handout picture released December 11, 2009, by the police chief's office in Sargodha shows the passport of a man identified as Ahmed Abdulah Minni, who police say was one of five Americans arrested in Pakistan. U.S. FBI agents and their Pakistani colleagues interrogated these five young Muslims who security officials say wanted to go to Afghanistan to fight U.S.-led forces, Pakistani officials said.
  2. An undated handout picture released December 11, 2009 by the police chief's office in Sargodha shows the passport of a man identified as Ramy Zamzam, who police say was one of five Americans arrested in Pakistan. U.S. FBI agents and their Pakistani colleagues interrogated these five young Muslims who security officials say wanted to go to Afghanistan to fight U.S.-led forces, Pakistani officials said.
  3. An undated handout picture released December 11, 2009, by the police chief's office in Sargodha shows the passport of a man identified as Waqar Hussain Khan, who police say was one of five Americans arrested in Pakistan. U.S. FBI agents and their Pakistani colleagues interrogated these five young Muslims who security officials say wanted to go to Afghanistan to fight U.S.-led forces, Pakistani officials said.
  4. HOCHFILZEN, AUSTRIA - DECEMBER 11: Magdalena Neuner of Germany during the women's 7.5km sprint on December 11, 2009 in Hochfilzen, Austria.
  5. Mohamad El-Hout, Chairman of Middle East Airlines, speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Beirut December 11, 2009.
  6. A Palestinian member of the militant group Hamas, is seen during a demonstration in the Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.
  7. DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 11: Director Shaji N Karun during a portrait session on day three of the 6th Annual Dubai International Film Festival held at the Madinat Jumeriah Complex on December 11, 2009 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  8. DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 11: Actor Indraneil Sengupta during a portrait session on day three of the 6th Annual Dubai International Film Festival held at the Madinat Jumeriah Complex on December 11, 2009 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  9. HOCHFILZEN, AUSTRIA - DECEMBER 11: Helena Jonsson of Sweden during the women's 7.5km sprint on December 11, 2009 in Hochfilzen, Austria.
  10. DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 11: Sammir Dattani during a portrait session on day three of the 6th Annual Dubai International Film Festival held at the Madinat Jumeriah Complex on December 11, 2009 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  11. HOCHFILZEN, AUSTRIA - DECEMBER 11: Martina Beck of Germany during the women's 7.5km sprint on December 11, 2009 in Hochfilzen, Austria.
  12. Huu Viet Nguyen of Vietnam celebrates after winning the men's 100-meter breaststroke swimming final at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.
  13. Huu Viet Nguyen of Vietnam celebrates after winning the men's 100-meter breaststroke swimming final at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.
  14. Astana's Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador pedals during a training session near Pisa, Italy, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. The Tour de France and Giro D'Italia winner joined his Astana's teammates in the Tuscany town of Pisa to start training for next season.
  15. Astana's Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador adjusts his shoes prior to a training session near Pisa, Italy, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. The Tour de France and Giro D'Italia winner joined his Astana's teammates in the Tuscany town of Pisa to start training for next season.
  16. Liu Jiao of China dives during the women's 1-meter springboard of diving at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.