Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and a child smile during a ceremony in Margarita Island September 28, 2009. Chavez and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi urged African and South American leaders on Saturday to strive for a new world order countering Western economic dominance. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and a child smile during a ceremony in Margarita Island September 28, 2009. Chavez and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi urged African and South American leaders on Saturday to strive for a new world order countering Western economic dominance.

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  1. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 MEA - Performers reproduce the scene of a hanging during a ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary since Muammar Gaddafi seized power in Libya, at former U.S. base Matega in Tripoli August 31, 2009. Military bands, 400 dancers, aerobatic planes and fireworks are set to electrify a hot and drowsy Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi throws Libya's biggest party to mark four decades since taking power.
  2. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi pauses as he speaks in front of Ali Abdussalam Treki of Libya, President of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2009. Gaddafi, in his first ever address to the United Nations, on Wednesday accused the veto-wielding powers of the Security Council of betraying the principles of the U.N. charter.
  3. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi greets Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) in Tripoli November 24, 2009.
  4. Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) poses for photographs during his meeting with Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) in Tripoli November 24, 2009. Turkey wants to source more of its oil directly from Libya as the two Mediterranean countries deepen cooperation on energy, food and investment, government officials said on Tuesday. Erdogan, visiting Tripoli with a delegation of 150 Turkish business leaders, said the two countries would establish a jointly-owned agricultural bank with capital of $1 billion.
  5. Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai address the media at Harare International Airport, November 19, 2009. Tsvangirai left on Thursday for North Africa, where analysts said he would meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to maintain political pressure on President Robert Mugabe to honour their power-sharing accord.
  6. Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai address the media at Harare International Airport, November 19, 2009. Tsvangirai left on Thursday for North Africa, where analysts said he would meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to maintain political pressure on President Robert Mugabe to honour their power-sharing accord.
  7. Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai address the media at Harare International Airport, November 19, 2009. Tsvangirai left on Thursday for North Africa, where analysts said he would meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to maintain political pressure on President Robert Mugabe to honour their power-sharing accord.
  8. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi is greeted by Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi, in Rome for a U.N. food summit, spent several hours in the company of 200 Italian women recruited by an agency and tried to convert them to Islam, Italian media reported on Monday. "Seeking 500 attractive girls between 18 and 35 years old, at least 1.70 metres (5 foot, 7 inches) tall, well-dressed but not in mini-skirts or low cut dresses," read the ad by the Hostessweb agency and quoted in Italy's Corriere dell Sera newspaper in its story. Some 200 women showed up at a Rome villa, having been told they would receive 60 euros ($90) and "some Libyan gifts." Among them was an undercover reporter for Italian news agency ANSA, who took photos and described the evening's proceedings.
  9. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) is greeted by Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi, in Rome for a U.N. food summit, spent several hours in the company of 200 Italian women recruited by an agency and tried to convert them to Islam, Italian media reported on Monday. "Seeking 500 attractive girls between 18 and 35 years old, at least 1.70 metres (5 foot, 7 inches) tall, well-dressed but not in mini-skirts or low cut dresses," read the ad by the Hostessweb agency and quoted in Italy's Corriere dell Sera newspaper in its story. Some 200 women showed up at a Rome villa, having been told they would receive 60 euros ($90) and "some Libyan gifts." Among them was an undercover reporter for Italian news agency ANSA, who took photos and described the evening's proceedings.
  10. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi is greeted by Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi, in Rome for a U.N. food summit, spent several hours in the company of 200 Italian women recruited by an agency and tried to convert them to Islam, Italian media reported on Monday. "Seeking 500 attractive girls between 18 and 35 years old, at least 1.70 metres (5 foot, 7 inches) tall, well-dressed but not in mini-skirts or low cut dresses," read the ad by the Hostessweb agency and quoted in Italy's Corriere dell Sera newspaper in its story. Some 200 women showed up at a Rome villa, having been told they would receive 60 euros ($90) and "some Libyan gifts." Among them was an undercover reporter for Italian news agency ANSA, who took photos and described the evening's proceedings.
  11. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) speaks with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well.
  12. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well.
  13. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well.
  14. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well.
  15. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well.
  16. Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well.

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  1. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez seen during a ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the launching of Venezuela's 'Simon Bolivar' communications satellite, in Caracas, on October 29, 2009. Oscar-winning actor and political activist Sean Penn may film a movie in Venezuela, Chavez said.
  2. In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, speaks with US actor Sean Penn during a meeting at Miraflores palace in Caracas, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Chavez said he met privately with Penn and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela. The woman at center is a translator.
  3. In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, speaks with US actor Sean Penn during a meeting at Miraflores palace in Caracas, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Chavez said he met privately with Penn and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela.
  4. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, sings as Bolivia's President Evo Morales looks on during the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. During the two-day summit, hosted by Morales, Chavez offered to share use of his country's new satellite with ALBA's other members, which include Ecuador, Cuba and Nicaragua, officials said.
  5. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, sings as Bolivia's President Evo Morales looks on during the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. During the two-day summit, hosted by Morales, Chavez offered to share use of his country's new satellite with ALBA's other members, which include Ecuador, Cuba and Nicaragua, officials said.
  6. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, talks to Bolivia's President Evo Morales during the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA, Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas group, Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. During the two-day summit, hosted by Morales, Chavez offered to share use of his country's new satellite with ALBA's other members, which include Ecuador, Cuba and Nicaragua, officials said.
  7. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) shakes hands with Ecuador's President Rafael Correa during a news conference in Caracas October 7, 2009. The leaders discussed the existing energy and oil bilateral agreements and are expected to sign new deals.
  8. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C-R), and his Ecuadorean counterpart, Rafael Correa, (C-L) are seen amid reporters during a conference in Caracas on October 7, 2009. Correa, who is in Venezuela along with a delegation of ministers, met with Chavez to discuss the current energy and oil bilateral agreements between the two nations, and may sign new agreements, according to Ecuadorean sources.
  9. Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (R) walks on the red carpet upon his arrival at Chigi Palace to meet Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (unseen) in Rome on November 16, 2009. Kadhafi is in Italy for the World Summit on Food Security organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at its headquarters in Rome. The summit brings together more than 60 heads of states and government.
  10. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) welcomes Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (C) upon the latter's arrival at Chigi Palace in Rome on November 16, 2009. Kadhafi is in Italy for the World Summit on Food Security organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at its headquarters in Rome. The summit brings together more than 60 heads of states and government.
  11. Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi inspects an honour guard upon his arrival at Chigi Palace to meet Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (unseen) in Rome on November 16, 2009. Kadhafi is in Italy for the World Summit on Food Security organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at its headquarters in Rome. The summit brings together more than 60 heads of states and government.
  12. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) shakes hands with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (2nd R) upon the latter's arrival at Chigi Palace in Rome on November 16, 2009. Kadhafi is in Italy for the World Summit on Food Security organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at its headquarters in Rome. The summit brings together more than 60 heads of states and government.
  13. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) shakes hands with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi upon the latter's arrival at Chigi Palace in Rome on November 16, 2009. Kadhafi is in Italy for the World Summit on Food Security organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at its headquarters in Rome. The summit brings together more than 60 heads of states and government.
  14. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) shakes hands with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi upon the latter's arrival at Chigi Palace in Rome on November 16, 2009. Kadhafi is in Italy for the World Summit on Food Security organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at its headquarters in Rome. The summit brings together more than 60 heads of states and government.
  15. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) shakes hands with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi upon the latter's arrival at Chigi Palace in Rome on November 16, 2009. Kadhafi is in Italy for the World Summit on Food Security organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at its headquarters in Rome. The summit brings together more than 60 heads of states and government.
  16. Unidentified officials and Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (C) take a break during the opening session of a World Summit on Food Security organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 16, 2009 at its headquarters in Rome. Some 60 heads of state and government are attending the World Summit on Food Security, but leaders of the world's wealthiest countries are conspicuous by their absence.

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