Presidents Jose Ramos Horta of East Timor (L), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia (C) and Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines (R) sign the Coral Triangle Initiative Leaders' Declaration in Manado on May 15, 2009 following the conclusion of the World Ocean Conference. The agreement aims to conserve the region's marine ecosystem known as the Coral Triangle, labelled the ocean's answer to the Amazon rainforest. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

Presidents Jose Ramos Horta of East Timor (L), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia (C) and Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines (R) sign the Coral Triangle Initiative Leaders' Declaration in Manado on May 15, 2009 following the conclusion of the World Ocean Conference. The agreement aims to conserve the region's marine ecosystem known as the Coral Triangle, labelled the ocean's answer to the Amazon rainforest.

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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. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta (L) and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (R) stand with Portuguese parliament President Jaime Gama during a ceremony marking the tenth anniversary of East Timor's vote for independence from Indonesia, in Dili August 30, 2009. A former Portuguese colony, East Timor was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia. An estimated 180,000 died during the occupation, and the U.N. estimates about 1,000 East Tiomorese died in the mayhem that surrounded the 1999 vote for independence.
  3. East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta attends a ceremony marking 10 years since East Timor's vote for independence in Dili August 30, 2009. A former Portuguese colony, East Timor was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia. An estimated 180,000 died during the occupation, and the U.N. estimates about 1,000 East Tiomorese died in the mayhem that surrounded the August 30, 1999 vote for independence.
  4. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta inspects Timorese wearing traditional clothes during a ceremony marking 10 years since East Timor's vote for independence, in Dili August 30, 2009. A former Portuguese colony, East Timor was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia. An estimated 180,000 died during the occupation, and the U.N. estimates about 1,000 East Timorese died in the mayhem that surrounded the 1999 vote for independence.
  5. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta inspects the troops in a ceremony marking 10 years since East Timor's vote for independence, in Dili August 30, 2009. A former Portuguese colony, East Timor was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia. An estimated 180,000 died during the occupation, and the U.N. estimates about 1,000 East Timorese died in the mayhem that surrounded the 1999 vote for independence.
  6. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta (L) and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao laugh during a news conference in Dili in this June 26, 2008 file photo. Gusmao, 63, who was imprisoned by Indonesia, and Ramos-Horta, 59, who campaigned abroad to keep East Timor's struggle in the public eye, are independence heroes. But a new generation of political leaders, most of whom were children or students during Indonesia's rule, is getting ready to take over.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) leaves after the swearing-in ceremony at House of Representative building in Jakarta on October 20, 2009. Liberal ex-general Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's president after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform.
  10. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) gestures as he delivers a speech after the swearing-in ceremony at House of Representative building in Jakarta on October 20, 2009. Liberal ex-general Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's president after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform.
  11. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) gestures as he delivers a speech after the swearing-in ceremony at House of Representative building in Jakarta on October 20, 2009. Liberal ex-general Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's president after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform.
  12. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) inspects troops during a ceremony marking the country's 64th military anniversary at its headquarters in Cilangkap, on the outskirts of Jakarta October 5, 2009.
  13. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) visits victims at the partially collapsed M. Djamil general hospital in the Sumatran city of Padang on October 2, 2009 after a 7.6-magnitude quake toppled buildings in the area late on September 30. Indonesia said it feared thousands had died in a major earthquake as exhausted rescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble with their bare hands in a race to find survivors.
  14. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) visits a collapse hospital in the Sumatran city of Padang on October 2, 2009 after a 7.6-magnitude quake toppled buildings in the area late on September 30. Indonesia said it feared thousands had died in a major earthquake as exhausted rescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble with their bare hands in a race to find survivors.
  15. Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) and his wife Kristiani Yudhoyono (L) talk to an earthquake victim at a makeshift tent at M Djamil hospital in Padang in Indonesia's West Sumatra province October 2, 2009.
  16. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) visits victims at the partially collapsed M. Djamil general hospital in the Sumatran city of Padang on October 2, 2009 after a 7.6-magnitude quake toppled buildings in the area late on September 30. Indonesia said it feared thousands had died in a major earthquake as exhausted rescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble with their bare hands in a race to find survivors.

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