TOKYO - NOVEMBER 07: (L-R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama prior to their bilateral meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Hun Sen is in Japan to attend the Mekong-Japan Summit, aiming to develop the relationships with Japan and five countries of the Mekong region. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

TOKYO - NOVEMBER 07: (L-R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama prior to their bilateral meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Hun Sen is in Japan to attend the Mekong-Japan Summit, aiming to develop the relationships with Japan and five countries of the Mekong region.

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  1. Cambodian Pime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (L) at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Cha-am, Thailand October 24, 2009. In a slap in the face to Thailand's rulers, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun offered fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra a job as economic adviser. Thaksin, ousted in a 2006 coup, heavily influences a red-shirted, anti-government protest movement from self-imposed exile in Dubai. Thailand is seeking to extradite him to serve a jail term for corruption.
  2. A demonstrator from Thailand's royalist 'Yellow Shirt' movement holds a sign showing former premier Thaksin Shinawatra (L) hugging Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) during a rally in Bangkok on November 15, 2009. Thousands of royalist demonstrators protested in Bangkok against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The group said it had called the rally to express outrage at the neighbouring country's appointment of Thaksin as an economic adviser and Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite him during his four-day trip there this week.
  3. A yellow-shirted protester holds a portrait of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a rally in Bangkok November 15, 2009. Thousands of Thais gathered in central Bangkok on Sunday to protest at remarks made about the monarchy by fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
  4. Members of the ASAEN 10 link hands for a group photo, from left to right, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphvanh, in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
  5. From left, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, foreground, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, prepare to take their seats for a multilateral meeting with ASEAN-10 members in Singapore Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
  6. Members of the ASEAN 10 stand for a group photo, from left to right, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphvanh, in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
  7. (L/R) Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, US President Barack Obama,Thailand's Prime Minister Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet , Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen , Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and Lao's Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh. shake hands during the group photograph at the ASEAN-US leaders meeting in Singapore on November 15, 2009, on the sidelines of The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. US President Barack Obama held an unprecedented group summit with Southeast Asian leaders, including the prime minister of regional pariah Myanmar. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Obama and his colleagues from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that he wanted 'to welcome all of you to the first ASEAN-US leaders' meeting'.
  8. U.S. President Barack Obama (5th L) poses with ASEAN Leaders before their ASEAN-US meeting in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet , Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh.
  9. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) after Hatoyama's first policy speech at the Diet in Tokyo on October 26 , 2009. Hatoyama launched a broadside against the excesses of capitalism, in his first parliamentary address since taking office last month. At left is Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada.
  10. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) is welcomed by his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) upon his arrival for the the East Asia Summit meeting during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 25, 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Hatoyama pressed plans for a new East Asian community at a summit on October 24, saying that the region should aspire to lead the world.
  11. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) is welcomed by his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) upon his arrival for the the East Asia Summit meeting during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 25, 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Hatoyama pressed plans for a new East Asian community at a summit on October 24, saying that the region should aspire to lead the world.
  12. Japanese Pime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) is welcomed by his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) upon his arrival for the Gala Dinner in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 24, 2009. Prime Minister Hatoyama is here to attend the Southeastan Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting.
  13. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, accompanied by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, center, is greeted by a Diet guard upon arriving for a ceremonial opening of the extraordinary Diet session by Emperor Akihito at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Japan's new, largely untested Cabinet is starting out with high public approval ratings amid hopes that Hatoyama's government will reinvigorate the world's second-largest economy, polls showed Friday.
  14. New Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) and his cabinet members pose for photographers after the first cabinet meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on September 16, 2009. Also seen are Financial Affairs and Postal Reform Minister Shizuka Kamei (L), Vice Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd L), Consumer Affairs and Gender Equality Minister Mizuho Fukushima (2nd R) and Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (R). The centre-left Prime Minister Hatoyama acclaimed a turning point in history September 16 as he took command of Asia's biggest economy with a pledge to return power to the people.
  15. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Longtime opposition leader Hatoyama was elected prime minister Wednesday, promising to reinvigorate Japan's economy and shake up government with his left-of-center party after more than 50 years of nearly unbroken rule by conservatives.
  16. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, center, arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Longtime opposition leader Hatoyama was elected prime minister Wednesday, promising to reinvigorate Japan's economy and shake up government with his left-of-center party after more than 50 years of nearly unbroken rule by conservatives.

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  5. WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 25: John Gilchrist of the 36ers drives to the basket during the round 10 NBL match between the Wollongong Hawks and the Adelaide 36ers at Wollongong Entertainment Centre on November 25, 2009 in Wollongong, Australia.
  6. In this photo taken on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, parents of Chen Deguo wait for news of their son, a coal miner missing after a gas explosion at Xinxing coal mine in Hegang in northeast China's Heilongjiang province. The number of dead in China's worst mining accident in two years rose Wednesday after three more bodies were pulled out of the coal mine, state media said. China's mine safety authorities have blamed crowded conditions, insufficient ventilation and slow rescue efforts for the high death toll in the gas explosion, which hit before dawn Saturday when 528 miners were under ground. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT.
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  13. SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - NOVEMBER 24: Kashmiri Muslim women offering prayer outside the shrine of Khaniqahi mullah on November 24, 2009 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian held Jammu and Kashmir State in India. Thousands of Muslims thronged to the shrine of Mir Syed Ali Hamadan to commemorate the death anniversary of Sufi saint, Saint Hamadan, the preacher came to Kashmir from the city of Hamadan in Persia in the 13th century. He is believed to be responsible for the spread of Islam in Kashmir. The Saint Hamadan stayed in Kashmir for many years and then left for Central Asia via Ladakh. He also built a mosque at Shey (near Leh). The shrine gains a special significance on 6th of Zilhaj (last month of Muslim calendar), the death anniversary of Mir Syed Ali Hamadan. On this day, devotees visit the shrine in large numbers to pay a tribute to saint Hamadan.
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  15. SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - NOVEMBER 24: A general view of the shrine of Khaniqahi mullah on November 24, 2009 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian held Jammu and Kashmir State in India. Thousands of Muslims thronged to the shrine of Mir Syed Ali Hamadan to commemorate the death anniversary of Sufi saint, Saint Hamadan, the preacher came to Kashmir from the city of Hamadan in Persia in the 13th century. He is believed to be responsible for the spread of Islam in Kashmir. The Saint Hamadan stayed in Kashmir for many years and then left for Central Asia via Ladakh. He also built a mosque at Shey (near Leh). The shrine gains a special significance on 6th of Zilhaj (last month of Muslim calendar), the death anniversary of Mir Syed Ali Hamadan. On this day, devotees visit the shrine in large numbers to pay a tribute to saint Hamadan.
  16. South Korean children wearing Santa Claus outfits wait to participate in a special event to promote business in coincident with the upcoming Christmas at the Time Square in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Many South Korean companies take advantage of the Christmas to promote their business amid weak sales and economic slowdown.