France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) signs the Book of Honour next to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (2nd R), President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies Jose Bono (L) and President of the Spanish Senate Javier Rojo after attending a session of the Chamber of Deputies at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid April 28, 2009. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) signs the Book of Honour next to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (2nd R), President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies Jose Bono (L) and President of the Spanish Senate Javier Rojo after attending a session of the Chamber of Deputies at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid April 28, 2009.

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  2. Lead singer Bono, left, and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. of the rock band U2 perform with the band during their 360 world tour stop at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
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  6. U2's Bono, left, shakes hands with FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke, right, as actress Jessica Alba watches during the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 in New York.
  7. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) tastes a piece of cheese as he visits the National School of Dairy Industries in Poligny, eastern France, October 27, 2009. President Sarkozy said on Tuesday he will seek tougher European regulation in the milk sector from the start of next year as part of a package of measures to help France's struggling farmers.
  8. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) visits the National School of Dairy Industries in Poligny, eastern France, October 27, 2009. President Sarkozy said on Tuesday he will seek tougher European regulation in the milk sector from the start of next year as part of a package of measures to help France's struggling farmers.
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  10. A member of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, writes on a board the 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy' promises as the workers prepare a symbolic meeting with the president. In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  11. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalists as they wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, preparing a symbolic meeting (with President's chair vacant). In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  12. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalists as they wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, preparing a symbolic meeting (with President's chair vacant). In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  13. (FromL) Members of anty-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders US President Barack Obama and Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero offer a menu to other members representing poor countries during a performance on November 6, 2009 in Barcelona. Some 180 countries hold the last day of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks before December's Copenhagen conference tasked with tackling the threat of global warming.
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  15. (FromL) Members of anty-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US President Barack Obama, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi offer a menu to other members representing poor countries during a performance on November 6, 2009 in Barcelona. Some 180 countries hold the last day of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks before December's Copenhagen conference tasked with tackling the threat of global warming.
  16. (FromL) Members of anty-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US President Barack Obama, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi offer a menu to other members representing poor countries during a performance on November 6, 2009 in Barcelona. Some 180 countries hold the last day of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks before December's Copenhagen conference tasked with tackling the threat of global warming.

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