NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani (R) addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani (R) addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.

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  1. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, shakes hand with French employer's body MEDEF union leader Laurence Parisot, as the Iraqi presidnet arrives to attend the Inaugural Meeting of the Board of Entrepreneurs France-Iraq at the MEDEF headquarters in Paris, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009. France has "a special place" for Iraq, and French companies will get preference if they invest and do business in the country, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
  2. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Prime Minister Gordon (L) walks with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani from Downing Street on October 9, 2009 in London. Later Prime Minister Brown will attend a service of thanksgiving honouring UK armed forces and civilians who served and died in the Iraq war.
  3. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  4. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani poses for a photograph at the 64th General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters on September 23, 2009 in New York City. Over 120 heads of state will converge in New York for the 64th session of the United Nations' General Assembly over the next seven days.

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  1. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  2. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  3. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  4. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  5. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani (R) addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  6. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  7. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  8. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 24, 2009 in New York City. This is the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  9. Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 28, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  10. Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 28, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  11. Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 28, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  12. Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 28, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  13. Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 28, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  14. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) during the 64th United Nations General Assembly in New York September 25, 2009.
  15. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greets United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) during the 64th United Nations General Assembly in New York September 25, 2009.
  16. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, speaks to the media following a Security Council meeting at the United Nations where President Barack Obama presided over on September 24, 2009 in New York City. Following several days of meetings and attendance at the United Nations General Assembly, Obama leaves New York today for Pittsburgh where the G-20 meeting on the global economy is being held.

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