CORRECTING WEIGHT UNIT OF GOLD A woman holds a 400-ounce gold brick at the Bank of Taiwan in Taipei on November 4, 2009. Gold surged to a new record high, a day after an announcement of a massive sale of gold by the International Monetary Fund to India. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

CORRECTING WEIGHT UNIT OF GOLD A woman holds a 400-ounce gold brick at the Bank of Taiwan in Taipei on November 4, 2009. Gold surged to a new record high, a day after an announcement of a massive sale of gold by the International Monetary Fund to India.

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  1. International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) shakes hands with Argentina's Economy Minister Amado Boudou during a meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009. Argentina has still not reached a decision on allowing a mission from the International Monetary Fund to review the country's economy, Boudou said on Wednesday on C5N television. Picture taken on October 6, 2009.
  2. Turkish protestors chant slogans during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest near the summit area in Istanbul on October 7, 2009.
  3. Turkish protestors face riot police during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest near the summit area in Istanbul on October 7, 2009.
  4. International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) shakes hands with the incoming Development Chairman Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009.
  5. Turkish protestors vandalize a bank during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest on Taksim square in Istanbul on October 6, 2009. Turkish riot police broke up the demonstration by some 1,500 young protestors against the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.
  6. A protester waers a mask during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest on Taksim square in Istanbul on October 6, 2009. Turkish riot police on broke up the demonstration by some 1,500 young protestors against the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.
  7. Turkish riot police disperse protesters during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest on Taksim square in Istanbul on October 6, 2009. Turkish riot police on broke up the demonstration by some 1,500 young protestors against the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.
  8. Turkish protestors fight riot police during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest on Taksim square in Istanbul on October 6, 2009. Turkish riot police broke up the demonstration by some 1,500 young protestors against the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.
  9. A handout photo provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (2nd R) shaking hands with Secretary of State for Economy, Planning, and Development Juan Temistocles Montas dominguez of Dominican Republic (L), Minister of Finance Vicente Bengoa (2nd L) and Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu (R) after they signed a standby agreement for 1.7 billion dollars with the Dominican Republic at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The International Monetary Fund said today it had made 'good progress' in loan talks with Iraq, dismissing the Iraqi finance minister's assertion that a five-billion dollar loan had been agreed.
  10. A handout photo provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) shaking hands with Bahrain's Finance Minister Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa (L) at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The International Monetary Fund said today it had made 'good progress' in loan talks with Iraq, dismissing the Iraqi finance minister's assertion that a five-billion dollar loan had been agreed.
  11. A handout photo provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L), Egyptian Finance Minister and Chairman of the IMFC Youssef Boutros-Ghali (2nd L), Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin (2nd R) and World Bank President Robert Zoellick (R) shaking hands after signing the papers for Egypt to host the next overseas IMF/World Bank Meetings in 2012 at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey.
  12. International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L), Egyptian Finance Minister and Chairman of the IMFC Youssef Boutros-Ghali (2nd L), Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin (2nd R) and World Bank President Robert Zoellick (R) shake hands after signing the papers for Egypt to host the next overseas IMF/World Bank Meetings in 2012 at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009.
  13. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks at the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  14. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's World Bank President Robert Zoellick (L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) make their way to the start of the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  15. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (2nd L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) make their way to attend the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  16. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (2nd L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) talk prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.

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  8. Supporters of various left parties shout slogans against the government to protest the rising prices of food items and for implementation of job security in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Hundreds of protesters participated in the rally urging the government to control prices of consumable items that have risen heavily in the past few months.
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