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  1. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 27, 2009. The summit with key energy accords on the table follows a first meeting in 2006 in Nigeria, and is being attended by 30 heads of state and representatives from a further 30 nations.
  2. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 27, 2009. The summit with key energy accords on the table follows a first meeting in 2006 in Nigeria, and is being attended by 30 heads of state and representatives from a further 30 nations.
  3. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe walks outside the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 26, 2009. The 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) is aimed at boosting the cooperation of the participant countries, facing the food, financial, economic and environmental crisis, and strengthening agreements and plans of action started in 2006 at the 1st Summit, held in Abuja, Niger.
  4. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (C) arrives at a hotel in Porlamar, Margarita Island, Venezuela, September 25, 2009. The 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA), to be held in Margarita, is aimed at boosting the cooperation of the participant countries, facing the food, financial, economic and environmental crisis, and strengthening agreements and plans of action started in 2006 at the 1st Summit, held in Abuja, Niger.
  5. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe sits after addressing the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 25, 2009.
  6. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 25, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  7. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (C) sits before he speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 25, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  8. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 25, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  9. Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on November 2 to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out. The surprise visit from Ban accompanied a diplomatic push to ensure the November 7 one-horse race does not take place, despite the initial insistence from some officials that it is too late to halt the process.
  10. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  11. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  12. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2ndL) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (L), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR) and Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  13. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  14. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  16. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.

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