ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 28: Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Brunei celebrates following her victory in the Womens 1500m during the IAAF Golden League Weltklasse Zurich meeting at the Stadion Letzigrund on August 28, 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 28: Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Brunei celebrates following her victory in the Womens 1500m during the IAAF Golden League Weltklasse Zurich meeting at the Stadion Letzigrund on August 28, 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland.

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  1. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev (C) inspects a guard of honor at the Istana presidential residence during a state visit November 15, 2009 in Singapore. Medvedev is in Singapore to attend the APEC summit and is conducting a state visit on Sunday and Monday. The Pacific rim nations meeting in Singapore this week focusing on economic recovery culminates in the 17th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting this weekend, ending 15 November. APEC consists of the 21 Pacific Rim economies: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Peru, Russia, United States and Vietnam.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 14: President of Vietnam Ngyuyen Mihn Triet attends the second day of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit at Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre on November 14, 2009 in Singapore. The Pacific rim nations meeting in Singapore this week focusing on economic recovery culminates in the 17th Apec Economic Leaders' Meeting this weekend, ending 15 November. APEC consists of the 21 Pacific Rim economies: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Peru, Russia, United States and Vietnam.
  5. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 12: Finance Ministers pose for a group photograph during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministers meeting at Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre on November 12, 2009 in Singapore. Pictured front row (L - R): Russia's Alexey Kudrin, New Zealand's Bill English, Philippines' Margarito Teves, International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Indonesia's Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Singapore's Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Timothy Geithner of the U.S., Chile's Maria Olivia Recart, Canada's Jim Flaherty, Peru's Claudia Cooper, Hong Kong's John Tsang and Korea's Shin Je Yoon. Back row (L - R): Mexico's Ricardo Ochoa, China's Zhu Guangyao, Brunei's Pehin Dato Abd Rahman, Asian Development Bank's President Haruhiko Kuroda, Australia's Wayne Swann, Vietnam's Tran Xuan Ha, World Bank's President Robert Zoellick, Thailand's Korn Chatikavanji, Malaysia's Ahmad Husni, Japan's Shinichito Furumoto, Taiwan's Lee Sush-der and Papua New Guinea's Benjamin Poponawa. APEC 2009 brings over 800 of the world's top business leaders and 15 world leaders to Singapore, with the two-day Summit addressing the economic crisis and key global issues.
  6. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 15: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah (R) are seen during a Russan-Brunei meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace on October 15 in Moscow, Russia. Medvedev is hosting the meetings to boost trade between the two countries. Russia is also interested in oil from the region.

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