Leaders of the six nations "Coral Triangle", (from L) Derek Sikua of the Solomon Islands, Jose Ramos Horta of East Timor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines, Michael Somare of Papua New Guinea and Najib Razak of Malaysia pose for photograph at the opening of the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit in Manado on May 15, 2009. The leaders later signed a joint plan on conserving the region's marine ecosystem known as the Coral Triangle, labelled the ocean's answer to the Amazon rainforest. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

Leaders of the six nations "Coral Triangle", (from L) Derek Sikua of the Solomon Islands, Jose Ramos Horta of East Timor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines, Michael Somare of Papua New Guinea and Najib Razak of Malaysia pose for photograph at the opening of the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit in Manado on May 15, 2009. The leaders later signed a joint plan on conserving the region's marine ecosystem known as the Coral Triangle, labelled the ocean's answer to the Amazon rainforest.

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  2. 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.
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  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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  9. 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.
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  14. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) speaks surrounded by APEC Leaders at the closing declaration ceremony of the APEC Summit on November 15, 2009, in Singapore. Pictured front row (L-R) are: Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Hu Jintao, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Back row (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Peru's Trade Minister Martin Perez, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet.
  15. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) speaks surrounded by APEC Leaders at the declaration ceremony at the end of the the APEC Summit in in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured front row (L-R) are: Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Hu Jintao, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Back row (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Peru's Trade Minister Martin Perez, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet.
  16. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) speaks surrounded by APEC Leaders at the declaration ceremony at the end of the the APEC Summit in in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured front row (L-R) are: China's President Hu Jintao, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang. Back row (L-R) are: New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare Peru's Trade Minister Martin Perez, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen.

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