Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C) is flanked by his deputies Cemil Cicek (L) and Bulent Arinc (R) during a debate at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara November 10, 2009. Turkey's parliament is set to discuss on Tuesday reforms designed to boost the rights of the country's Kurdish minority and end a 25-year separatist conflict -- moves seen boosting its European Union membership ambitions. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C) is flanked by his deputies Cemil Cicek (L) and Bulent Arinc (R) during a debate at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara November 10, 2009. Turkey's parliament is set to discuss on Tuesday reforms designed to boost the rights of the country's Kurdish minority and end a 25-year separatist conflict -- moves seen boosting its European Union membership ambitions.

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  1. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait, Sheikh Muhammad al-Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, speaks at the inauguration of the 6th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in the Bahraini capital of Manama, December 11, 2009.
  2. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki smiles during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at his residence in the Green Zone in Baghdad December 11, 2009. Gates said on Friday that Arab and Kurdish leaders in Iraq were moving toward settling their differences and he urged them to form an inclusive government quickly after a March vote.
  3. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) meets Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at his residence in the Green Zone in Baghdad December 11, 2009. Gates said on Friday that Arab and Kurdish leaders in Iraq were moving toward settling their differences and he urged them to form an inclusive government quickly after a March vote.
  4. The Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Salam Fayyad, left, addresses the media together with Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, center, and EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union in Brussels, Friday Dec. 11, 2009.
  5. The Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Salam Fayyad, left, addresses the media together with Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union in Brussels, Friday Dec. 11, 2009.
  6. Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, right, and the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Salam Fayyad address the media at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union in Brussels, Friday Dec. 11, 2009.
  7. The Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Salam Fayyad addresses the media at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union in Brussels, Friday Dec. 11, 2009.
  8. Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, right, and the Prime Minister of Palestine Salam Fayyad address the media at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union in Brussels, Friday Dec. 11, 2009.
  9. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov talk together at a meeting of officials from several ex-Soviet nations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.
  10. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks at a monitor at a meeting on Russian-Belarusian Customs Union issues in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. The 1996 union agreement envisaged close political, economic and military ties, but stopped short of a full merger. Moscow has been Belarus main sponsor, but the allies have run into increasingly sharp economic arguments.
  11. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko applauds during a news conference in Kiev, December 11, 2009. UEFA on Friday cleared four Ukrainian cities - Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv - to be host cities for Euro 2012, Tymoshenko said.
  12. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko applauds during a news conference in Kiev, December 11, 2009. UEFA on Friday cleared four Ukrainian cities - Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv - to be host cities for Euro 2012, Tymoshenko said.
  13. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks on the phone during a news conference in Kiev, December 11, 2009. UEFA on Friday cleared four Ukrainian cities - Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv - to be host cities for Euro 2012, Tymoshenko said.
  14. A general view of downtown Kiev December 11, 2009. UEFA on Friday cleared four Ukrainian cities - Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv - to be host cities for Euro 2012, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.
  15. Construction work continues at the Olympic stadium in Kiev December 11, 2009. UEFA on Friday cleared four Ukrainian cities - Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv - to be host cities for Euro 2012, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.
  16. Construction work continues at the Olympic stadium in Kiev December 11, 2009. UEFA on Friday cleared four Ukrainian cities - Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv - to be host cities for Euro 2012, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

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