Bank of England Chief Mervyn King, Left, talks with the South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-Hyun during the group photo session of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

Bank of England Chief Mervyn King, Left, talks with the South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-Hyun during the group photo session of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland Saturday Nov. 7, 2009.

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  2. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - A man walks his dog past a row of boarded up shops and homes in London June 12, 2009. More than one in ten households may have fallen into negative equity, the Bank of England said on Friday, similar to levels seen in the mid-1990s.
  3. A woman carries an umbrella during a rain shower as she walks past the Bank of England in London November 30, 2009.
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  5. The Bank of England is seen in central London, Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Britain's treasury minister on Wednesday defended the secrecy surrounding the Bank of England's decision to loan 61.6 billion british pounds ($101.8 billion US) to save two banks from collapse last year. The central bank revealed this week it had loaned the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC and HBOS PLC more than it had initially disclosed. The secret loans to prop up the banks came in October and November 2008, when the financial system froze in panic in the wake of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
  6. The Bank of England is seen in central London, Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Britain's treasury minister Paul Myners on Wednesday defended the secrecy surrounding the Bank of England's decision to loan 61.6 billion british pounds ($101.8 billion) to save two banks from collapse last year. The central bank revealed this week it had loaned the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC and HBOS PLC more than it had initially disclosed. The secret loans to prop up the banks came in October and November 2008, when the financial system froze in panic in the wake of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
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  8. LONDON - SEPTEMBER 5: (L-R front) Elena Salgado, Spain's finance minister, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of China's central bank, Mehmet Simsek, Turkey's finance minister, Martin Redrado, governor of the Central Bank of Argentina, Agustin Carstens, Mexico's minister of finance, Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesia's finance minister, Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, Alistair Darling, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, Christine Lagarde, France's finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, India's finance minister, Guido Mantega, Brazil's finance minister, Mario Draghi, governor of the bank of Italy, Axel Weber, president of Deutsche Bundesbank, Ibrahim al-Assaf, finance minister of Saudi Arabia, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's finance minister, pose for a group picture during the G20 finance Minister's summit, at the Treasury in Westminster on September 5, 2009 in London, England. British PM Gordon Brown has warned against withdrawing support for the global economy too soon, stating it could undermine tentative recovery signs, during a G20 meeting. Finance ministers are in London for a two-day meeting to map out rules to prevent a repeat of the crisis that brought the financial system to the brink of collapse.
  9. LONDON - SEPTEMBER 5: Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, arrives for the opening session of the G20 finance ministers meeting, at the Treasury in Westminster on September 5, 2009 in London, England. British PM Gordon Brown has warned against withdrawing support for the global economy too soon, stating it could undermine tentative recovery signs, during a G20 meeting. Finance ministers are in London for a two-day meeting to map out rules to prevent a repeat of the crisis that brought the financial system to the brink of collapse.
  10. A video grab image shows Britain's Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, appearing before a select committee session at the House of Commons in London, November 24, 2009. The three-way split at Britain's monetary policymakers' last meeting should be no surprise given the economy is at a turning point, King said on Tuesday.
  11. Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King gives evidence to Commons Treasury Committee in this image taken from TV in London Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Bank of England revealed on Tuesday that it lent two British banks 61.6 billion pounds (US$101.8 billion) in emergency funding to save them from collapse at the height of the financial crisis a year ago. ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT.
  12. Germany's Finance Minsiter Wolfgang Schaeuble (3rd L) looks up, as he and Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King (L), South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-Hyun (2nd L), U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (4th L) Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (C), France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (2nd R) and Indonesia's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati pose during the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 7, 2009. Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G20 to work toward a $100 billion deal to meet the cost of climate change.
  13. Julia Tomlinson, center, widow of Ian Tomlinson, along with other relatives attends a candlelight vigil in the memory of their loved one, on the 8th month anniversary of his death, in central London, Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009. Ian Tomlinson died on April 1 following a police assault at the G20 protest in central London. The family are waiting to hear from Britain's Crown Prosecution Service on whether any criminal charges will be brought against any police officers in connection with his death. A decision is expected before Christmas.
  14. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Demonstrators charge through a street in London during protests to coincide with Thursday's G20 summit meeting April 1, 2009. Demonstrators clashed with riot police and smashed bank windows in Britain's financial centre on Wednesday ahead of a G20 meeting in protest against a system they said had robbed the poor to benefit the rich.
  15. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with a British police officer outside 10 Downing Street in London April 1, 2009. World leaders will have their work cut out at a G20 summit where Obama makes his first major international sortie, under perhaps more pressure than anyone to show that the country where the crisis began can lead the way out.
  16. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - A video grab from television footage shows U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) standing with Britain's Queen Elizabeth during a reception for G20 leaders at Buckingham Palace in London April 1, 2009. World leaders arrived in London on Wednesday ahead of a G20 summit meeting under intense pressure to produce a morale-boosting response to the worst economic downturn since the 1930s.

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