U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) meets with school students from the eastern state of Brandenburg who painted one of 1.000 domino stones that have been placed along the former border at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 9, 2009. The row of 1,000 20 kg dominos standing 1.5 metres apart -- painted in bright colours by school children and rising 2.5 metres high -- will be toppled at the end of a gala ceremony as a symbolic tribute to the collapse of the Wall 20 years earlier. Reuters Pictures 1 week ago

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) meets with school students from the eastern state of Brandenburg who painted one of 1.000 domino stones that have been placed along the former border at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 9, 2009. The row of 1,000 20 kg dominos standing 1.5 metres apart -- painted in bright colours by school children and rising 2.5 metres high -- will be toppled at the end of a gala ceremony as a symbolic tribute to the collapse of the Wall 20 years earlier.

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  14. US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (L) shares a laugh with Secretary of State Hilary Clinton before the start of the ASEAN-US leaders meeting at a hotel in Singapore November 15, 2009, on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. US President Barack Obama held an unprecedented group summit with Southeast Asian leaders, including the prime minister of regional pariah Myanmar. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Obama and his colleagues from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that he wanted 'to welcome all of you to the first ASEAN-US leaders' meeting'.
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