U.S. President Barack Obama (L) listens to President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso during a meeting of the U.S.-European Union Summit in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, November 3, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) listens to President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso during a meeting of the U.S.-European Union Summit in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, November 3, 2009.

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  1. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  2. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  3. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  4. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  5. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  6. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  7. EU leaders pose during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. Front row left to right, European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, Finland's President Tarja Halonen, Lithuania's Prime Minister Dalia Grybauskaite, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, Romania's President Traian Basescu, French President Nikolas Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, and Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis.
  8. EU leaders pose during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. Front row left to right, European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, Finland's President Tarja Halonen, Lithuania's Prime Minister Dalia Grybauskaite, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, Romania's President Traian Basescu, French President Nikolas Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, and Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis.
  9. EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, poses next to a Greenpeace installation, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Farmers and environmental group Greenpeace handed over a petition signed by 180.000 people calling for the EU to reject the authorization of Bayer Genetic Manipulated rice, which is currently being reviewed by the Commission.
  10. Spanish farmer Fernando Jose Llobell Bisbal, left, talks with EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Farmers and environmental group Greenpeace handed over a petition signed by 180.000 people calling for the EU to reject the authorization of Bayer Genetic Manipulated rice, which is currently being reviewed by the Commission.
  11. A Thai farmer hands over a petition to EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, right, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Farmers and environmental group Greenpeace handed over a petition signed by 180.000 people calling for the EU to reject the authorization of Bayer Genetic Manipulated rice, which is currently being reviewed by the Commission.
  12. Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L) holds the EU's Lisbon Treaty as Polish President Donald Tusk (2ndL), Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (C), whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso (2ndR), President of European Parliament Jerzy Buzek (R) stand behind at the presidential palace in Warsaw October 10, 2009. Lech Kaczynski signed the European Union's reforming Lisbon Treaty in a ceremony Saturday, leaving his ultra-eurosceptic Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus as the only holdout.
  13. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero leaves an EU summit in Brussels, Friday Oct. 30, 2009. The European Union is seeking to maintain a united stand on climate change Friday by giving leeway to poorer member states to pay less into global climate aid fund.
  14. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero leaves an EU summit in Brussels, Friday Oct. 30, 2009. The European Union is seeking to maintain a united stand on climate change Friday by giving leeway to poorer member states to pay less into global climate aid fund.
  15. Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.
  16. Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite (R) arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.

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