A handout photo provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows World Bank President Robert Zoellick (L), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn making their way on October 6, 2009 to the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

A handout photo provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows World Bank President Robert Zoellick (L), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn making their way on October 6, 2009 to the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul.

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  1. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  2. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan attends the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
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  4. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  5. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  6. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan attends the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  7. International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) shakes hands with Argentina's Economy Minister Amado Boudou during a meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009. Argentina has still not reached a decision on allowing a mission from the International Monetary Fund to review the country's economy, Boudou said on Wednesday on C5N television. Picture taken on October 6, 2009.
  8. Turkish protestors chant slogans during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest near the summit area in Istanbul on October 7, 2009.
  9. Turkish protestors face riot police during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest near the summit area in Istanbul on October 7, 2009.
  10. International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) shakes hands with the incoming Development Chairman Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009.
  11. Turkish protestors vandalize a bank during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest on Taksim square in Istanbul on October 6, 2009. Turkish riot police broke up the demonstration by some 1,500 young protestors against the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.
  12. A protester waers a mask during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest on Taksim square in Istanbul on October 6, 2009. Turkish riot police on broke up the demonstration by some 1,500 young protestors against the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.
  13. Managing Director of The World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addresses the audience during her speech during the Emerging Markets Summit, a two-day conference in London, on September 17, 2009.
  14. The President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick (R) and Australia's Treasury Minister, Wayne Swan, arrive for the dinner of the G20 Finance Ministers' meeting at the Guildhall in the City of London, September 4, 2009. World finance leaders shifted their focus from crisis fighting to banking reform on Friday as evidence mounted that the worst global recession in decades was finally drawing to a close.
  15. World Bank President Robert Zoellick speaks at a news conference at the World Bank office during his visit in Beijing Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Zoellick said Wednesday he will press Group of 20 leaders at a summit this month for more aid to developing countries, which he said can help drive a global recovery.
  16. Chinese women works at the World Bank office in Beijing Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. World Bank President Robert Zoellick said in Beijing Wednesday he will press Group of 20 leaders at a summit this month for more aid to developing countries, which he said can help drive a global recovery.

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