ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07: Christine Lagarde French Finance Minister, talks with the media at the end of the G20 finace ministers meeting on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland. Some of the world�s finance ministers have gathered in St Andrews for a G20 summit where they will discuss aims at solving the global economic recession. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07: Christine Lagarde French Finance Minister, talks with the media at the end of the G20 finace ministers meeting on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland. Some of the world�s finance ministers have gathered in St Andrews for a G20 summit where they will discuss aims at solving the global economic recession.

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  1. A woman shops at a bazaar in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur November 21, 2009. Malaysia's economy contracted by 1.2 per cent in the third quarter from a year ago, much less than the two per cent contraction forecast in a Reuters poll, due to booming domestic demand, signalling the last quarter of the trade-dependent Southeast Asian country's recession.
  2. ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 06: Martín Redrado, Governor of the Central Bank of Argentina, arrives to attend the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, on November 6, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland. Some of the world's finance ministers will gather at St Andrews for a G20 summit where they will discuss aims at solving the global economic recession.
  3. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 05: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5, 2009 in New York City. Following more positive news that the economy is emerging from recession, the stock market rallied today with the Dow industrials adding 203.82 points, or 2.1%, to end at 10005. 96.
  4. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 29: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in the late afternoon on October 29, 2009 in New York City. The Dow was up over 200 points in late afternoon trading following news that the U.S. GDP (gross domestic product) grew 3.5% in the third quarter, technically ending the Americas recession. Despite the positive economic news, unemployment in the U.S. is still high and creeping towards 10%.
  5. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: City workers walk past the Bank of England on the morning that the Office for National Statistics announced that the UK is in the longest recession since records began on October 23, 2009 in London, England. Official figures released today state that UK economy contracted by 0.4% in the third quarter between July and September. The current UK recession is therefore the longest on record with a reduction in gross domestic product for six consecutive quarters.
  6. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 16: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 16, 2009 in New York City. With further economic news indicating that the recession is easing, stocks rose Wednesday with the Dow up 70 points in afternoon trading.

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  1. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) talks with France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde in the garden of Rambouillet castle near Paris, November 27, 2009. Ministers of both governments meet at the 14th session of the Russian-French commission for cooperation. A flurry of business deals were expected to be sealed after talks at the Rambouillet chateau outside Paris between Putin and his French counterpart Francois Fillon, against a backdrop of strong European appetite for Russian energy resources.
  2. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C), Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming (R), and Herve Novelli, France's Junior Minister for Trade, Artisan Trades, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises, Tourism and Services attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  3. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde delivers a speech as she attends The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  4. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde delivers a speech as she attends The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  5. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (R), France's Foreign Trade Minister Anne-Marie Idrac (C), and Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming (L) arrive to attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  6. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) and Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming, attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  7. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) and Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  8. Henri Proglio, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF (Electricite de France) talks with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) as they visit the site of the third-generation European Pressurised Water nuclear reactor (EPR), in Flamanville, western France, November 26, 2009.
  9. World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President Justin Yifu Lin speaks at "the Korean G-20 Leadership" conference in Seoul November 17, 2009.
  10. World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President Justin Yifu Lin speaks at "the Korean G-20 Leadership" conference in Seoul November 17, 2009.
  11. British police sergeant Delroy Smellie, leaves Westminster Magistrates court, in London, on November 16, 2009. Smellie is facing a charge of assault after allegedly striking a woman without justification during protests surrounding the G20 Summit in London last April.
  12. British police sergeant Delroy Smellie, leaves Westminster Magistrates court, in London, on November 16, 2009. Smellie is facing a charge of assault after allegedly striking a woman without justification during protests surrounding the G20 Summit in London last April.
  13. Police sergeant Delroy Smellie (R) leaves City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London November 16, 2009. Smellie pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault by striking Nicola Fisher in the City of London on April 2 as the leaders of the G20 nations gathered for an economic summit.
  14. Police sergeant Delroy Smellie arrives at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London November 16, 2009. Smellie pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault by striking Nicola Fisher in the City of London on April 2 as the leaders of the G20 nations gathered for an economic summit.
  15. Police sergeant Delroy Smellie (R) leaves City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London November 16, 2009. Smellie pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault by striking Nicola Fisher in the City of London on April 2 as the leaders of the G20 nations gathered for an economic summit.
  16. Police sergeant Delroy Smellie (R) leaves City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London November 16, 2009. Smellie pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault by striking Nicola Fisher in the City of London on April 2 as the leaders of the G20 nations gathered for an economic summit.

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  1. An Afghan man looks on as he stands at a bus stop in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009.
  2. Japanese challenger Koki Kameda, left, celebrates after defeating compatriot Daisuke Naito by a unanimous decision to win the WBC flyweight boxing title in Saitama, near Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009.
  3. Japan's Daisuke Naito (L) is punched by compatriot Koki Kameda during their WBC flyweight boxing title bout in Saitama, north of Tokyo, November 29, 2009.
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  5. Musician Frank Zander (L) cuts a piece from a 50-metre-long (164-foot-long) traditional German Christmas cake at a shopping centre in Berlin November 29, 2009. The proceeds from the sale of the Stollen cake, which organisers said was Berlin's longest Christmas cake, will go to a charitable organisation working with the homeless. Confectioners used 90 kilograms of flour, 44 kilograms of butter and 72 kilograms of sultanas in the production of the cake, which was sold for a minimum of 50 euro cents a piece, the organisers said in a press release.
  6. Musician Frank Zander (L) cuts a piece from a 50-metre-long (164-foot-long) traditional German Christmas cake at a shopping centre in Berlin November 29, 2009. The proceeds from the sale of the Stollen cake, which organisers said was Berlin's longest Christmas cake, will go to a charitable organisation working with the homeless. Confectioners used 90 kilograms of flour, 44 kilograms of butter and 72 kilograms of sultanas in the production of the cake, which was sold for a minimum of 50 euro cents a piece, the organisers said in a press release.
  7. WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 29: Karl Henry of Wolverhampton competes with James McFadden of Birmingham during the Barclays Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City at Molineaux on November 29, 2009 in Wolverhampton, England.
  8. HAMBURG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 29: Jan Philipp Kalla of St. Pauli celebrates after he scores his team's 2nd goal during the Second Bundesliga match between FC St. Pauli and Union Berlin at the Millerntor Stadium on November 29, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.
  9. HAMBURG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 29: Marius Ebbers (L) of St. Pauli celebrates with his team mates his team's 2nd goal during the Second Bundesliga match between FC St. Pauli and Union Berlin at the Millerntor Stadium on November 29, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.
  10. HAMBURG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 29: Marius Ebbers (L) of St. Pauli celebrates with his team mates his team's 2nd goal during the Second Bundesliga match between FC St. Pauli and Union Berlin at the Millerntor Stadium on November 29, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.
  11. SHARAN, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 29: A soldier with the Afghan National Army (ANA) picks up his breakfast ration at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Rushmore November 29, 2009 near Sharan, Afghanistan. For breakfast the soldiers are given a ration of bread, sweet cake, tea with sugar and creamer, and eggs which they cook on the wood-burning stoves in their barracks. Only a small number of soldiers remain at the FOB, most have travelled home to be with their families for the three-day Eid al-Adha holiday.
  12. SHARAN, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 29: A soldier with the Afghan National Army (ANA) picks up his breakfast ration at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Rushmore November 29, 2009 near Sharan, Afghanistan. For breakfast the soldiers are given a ration of bread, sweet cake, tea and eggs which they cook on the wood-burning stoves in their barracks. Only a small number of soldiers remain at the FOB, most have travelled home to be with their families for the three-day Eid al-Adha holiday.
  13. Wild flowers grow around the skeleton of a truck near the Darulaman Palace, background, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009.
  14. An Afghan family walks past the Darulaman Palace, background, as the skeletons of old trucks lie scattered in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009.
  15. People place candles in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. Relatives on Sunday begun the grim process of identifying loved ones killed in the wreck of an express train Russian authorities say was blown off the tracks by a terrorist bomb. President Dmitry Medvedev called for calm on Saturday, and the leader of the dominant Russian Orthodox Church on Sunday urged Russians not to give in to fear, saying they should help authorities and "display firm will for a victory over terror."
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