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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) talks with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon during an UN Security Council meeting, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.

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  1. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., center, talks as Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-D.E., left, Rep. Susan Davis, D-C.A., second left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., second right, and Rep. Jane Harman, D-C.A., listen during a press conference at the Saban Forum in Jerusalem, Monday Nov. 16, 2009. The Palestinians officially asked the European Union on Monday to back their move to have the U.N. Security Council recognize an independent Palestinian state without Israeli consent. The U.S., which champions a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, would likely veto any such resolution if it were to reach the Security Council.
  2. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) meets with International Atomic Energy Agency Director Mohamed ElBaradei, at the start of an UN Security Council, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.

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