(From L front row) British Economy Minister Alistair Darling, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Canadian Finiance Minister James Michael, French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde, Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti, Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck and Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, (from back L) President of the African Development Bank Group Donald Kaberuka, International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Governor of Italy Bank Mario Draghi, President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Chairman Youssef Boutros-Ghali and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría pose during the Group of Eight finance ministers family photo in Lecce on June 13, 2009. Group of Eight finance ministers complete their meeting to discuss the world financial crisis and better regulation of the financial sector. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

(From L front row) British Economy Minister Alistair Darling, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Canadian Finiance Minister James Michael, French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde, Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti, Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck and Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, (from back L) President of the African Development Bank Group Donald Kaberuka, International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Governor of Italy Bank Mario Draghi, President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Chairman Youssef Boutros-Ghali and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría pose during the Group of Eight finance ministers family photo in Lecce on June 13, 2009. Group of Eight finance ministers complete their meeting to discuss the world financial crisis and better regulation of the financial sector.

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