Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (C) shares a light moment with newly sworn Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L), Vice President Budiono (2R-rear facing), East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (2L rear facing) and Sultan Hasanol Bolkiah of Brunai (R) at the Merdeka palace in Jakarta on October 20, 2009. Liberal ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's president after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (C) shares a light moment with newly sworn Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L), Vice President Budiono (2R-rear facing), East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (2L rear facing) and Sultan Hasanol Bolkiah of Brunai (R) at the Merdeka palace in Jakarta on October 20, 2009. Liberal ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's president after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform.

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  1. East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (L) inspects Dili's new presidential palace, a gift from China, with China's ambassador Fu Yuancong August 27, 2009. Dili's gleaming new Presidential Palace and Foreign Ministry, gifts from China, stand in stark contrast to nearby burnt-out buildings and are symbols of how the energy-hungry superpower is growing closer to tiny, oil-rich East Timor.
  2. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (C) shares a light moment with newly sworn Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L), Vice President Budiono (2R-rear facing), East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (2L rear facing) and Sultan Hasanol Bolkiah of Brunai (R) at the Merdeka palace in Jakarta on October 20, 2009. Liberal ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's president after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform.
  3. East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta waves as he arrives for the inauguration of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the House of Representatives building compound in Jakarta October 20, 2009. Yudhoyono was sworn in on Tuesday for a second term with an agenda headed by the need to enact bureaucratic reforms, fix infrastructure, amend labour laws, and attract investment.
  4. Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (L), his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd (2nd L), Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd R) and his wife Ho Ching and East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (R) attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono in the parliament building in Jakarta October 20, 2009.
  5. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore Prime MInister delivers his Leaders Declaration speech as China's President Hu Jintao looks on at the Istana. The 2-day CEO Summit, which ended yesterday as part of APEC Leaders Week, saw over 800 of the world's top business leaders and 15 world leaders to Singapore, addressing the economic crisis and key global issues.
  6. Singapore Prime MInister Lee Hsien Loong delivers his speech at the APEC Ministerial Meeting welcoming reception in Singapore on November 10, 2009 ahead of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in the city on November 14-15.
  7. Singapore Prime MInister Lee Hsien Loong delivers his speech at the APEC Ministerial Meeting welcoming reception in Singapore on November 10, 2009 ahead of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in the city on November 14-15.
  8. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at a Tokyo hotel on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo.
  9. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) is greeted by Fujio Mitarai, the leader of Japan's largest business group Keidanren, prior to their talks at Keidanren headquarters in Tokyo on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo.
  10. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) shakes hands with Fujio Mitarai, the leader of Japan's largest business group Keidanren, prior to their talks at Keidanren headquarters in Tokyo on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo.
  11. Philippines' President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivers a opening speech during a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Manila November 24, 2009. The Philippines declared an indefinite state of emergency on Tuesday in the provinces of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat and in Cotabato City to "prevent and suppress the occurrence of several other incidents of lawless violence." Philippine police found 15 more bodies on Tuesday at the site of a massacre in the south of the country, taking the toll in the election-related killings to 39 dead, national police chief Jesus Verzosa said.
  12. Philippines' President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivers a opening speech during a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Manila November 24, 2009. The Philippines declared an indefinite state of emergency on Tuesday in the provinces of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat and in Cotabato City to "prevent and suppress the occurrence of several other incidents of lawless violence." Philippine police found 15 more bodies on Tuesday at the site of a massacre in the south of the country, taking the toll in the election-related killings to 39 dead, national police chief Jesus Verzosa said.
  13. Map locates Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces in the Philippines, which President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed under a state of emergency.
  14. Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) talks with Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah during an evening reception for the APEC Leaders Summit in Singapore November 14, 2009.
  15. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) speaks surrounded by APEC Leaders at the declaration ceremony at the end of the APEC Summit on November 15, 2009, in Singapore. Pictured front row (L-R) are: Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Hu Jintao, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Back row (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Peru's Trade Minister Martin Perez, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet.
  16. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) speaks surrounded by APEC Leaders at the closing declaration ceremony of the APEC Summit on November 15, 2009, in Singapore. Pictured front row (L-R) are: Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Hu Jintao, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Back row (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Peru's Trade Minister Martin Perez, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet.

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