Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, seen during their round table meeting at a Russian government residence just outside of the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, Monday, June 15, 2009. Medvedev, Karzai, and Asif Ali Zardari discussed regional issues. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, seen during their round table meeting at a Russian government residence just outside of the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, Monday, June 15, 2009. Medvedev, Karzai, and Asif Ali Zardari discussed regional issues.

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  1. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 28: An Afghan policeman stands guard by a Karzai poster after tensions in city remain high after a suicide bomb attack on an international guest house October 28, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban militants killed six U.N. foreign staff in the early morning assault raising serious issues about security before the Presidential run-off election in less tham two weeks time. Rockets were also fired at a the Serena hotel but no injuries were reported.
  2. A poster of legendary assassinated Afghan mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud is displayed next to one portraying President Hamid Karzai at a Kabul cinema while a worker sets up scaffolding on September 28, 2009. Afghans considered Massoud a national hero who waged battle against Soviets and Talibans while Karzai awaits final result of the poll recounts of the August 20 presidential elections the second such election in the war-torn nation's history and one held amid a vicious Taliban insurgency against the Western-backed government which deterred voters.
  3. Daily wages laborers stand near an election poster of Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai, center, with first vice president Mohammad Qasim Fahim and second vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili, right, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. The U.N. is warning that violence in Afghanistan could increase after the results from the country's disputed presidential election are finally tallied and disclosed. Preliminary results from the Aug. 20 vote show President Hamid Karzai with 54.6 percent.
  4. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 17: President Hamid Karzai arrives to speak to the media for the first time since full preliminary results were announced at the Presidential palace on September 17, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Immediately after the President delivered his election message to the international media, Italian soldiers, who have stationed 2,800 soldiers in the region, suffered their deadliest attack in Afghanistan to date. Six Italian soldiers and ten Afghans were killed, including 55 wounded as the blast hit in a mostly residential area of the city. While Karzai stated today that some government officials were biased toward him in the election, he defended himself and the integrity of the vote against all the allegations of fraud and ballot box stuffing. Presently Karzai has 54.6 percent of the vote, well ahead of his leading challenger, Abdullah Abdullah. The ongoing recounts and fraud investigations by the Election Complaints commission (ECC), however, could drive Karzai's total below the crucial 50 percent, forcing a runoff election.
  5. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 17: President Hamid Karzai speaks to the media for the first time since full preliminary results were announced at the Presidential palace on September 17, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Immediately after the President delivered his election message to the international media, Italian soldiers, who have stationed 2,800 soldiers in the region, suffered their deadliest attack in Afghanistan to date. Six Italian soldiers and ten Afghans were killed, including 55 wounded as the blast hit in a mostly residential area of the city. While Karzai stated today that some government officials were biased toward him in the election, he defended himself and the integrity of the vote against all the allegations of fraud and ballot box stuffing. Presently Karzai has 54.6 percent of the vote, well ahead of his leading challenger, Abdullah Abdullah. The ongoing recounts and fraud investigations by the Election Complaints commission (ECC), however, could drive Karzai's total below the crucial 50 percent, forcing a runoff election.
  6. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 17: President Hamid Karzai speaks to the media for the first time since full preliminary results were announced at the Presidential palace on September 17, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Immediately after the President delivered his election message to the international media, Italian soldiers, who have stationed 2,800 soldiers in the region, suffered their deadliest attack in Afghanistan to date. Six Italian soldiers and ten Afghans were killed, including 55 wounded as the blast hit in a mostly residential area of the city. While Karzai stated today that some government officials were biased toward him in the election, he defended himself and the integrity of the vote against all the allegations of fraud and ballot box stuffing. Presently Karzai has 54.6 percent of the vote, well ahead of his leading challenger, Abdullah Abdullah. The ongoing recounts and fraud investigations by the Election Complaints commission (ECC), however, could drive Karzai's total below the crucial 50 percent, forcing a runoff election.
  7. MOSCOW - DECEMBER 1: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attends the Third World Congress of Compatriots at the Columns Hall December 1, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The Congress brings together delegates from 90 countries to support Russians living abroad.
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  9. MOSCOW - DECEMBER 1: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during the Third World Congress of Compatriots at the Columns Hall December 1, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The Congress brings together delegates from 90 countries to support Russians living abroad.
  10. MINSK, BELARUS - NOVEMBER 27: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets journalists in at the Russian embassy after the EURASEC Summit on November 27, 2009 in Minsk, Belarus. November,27.2009. Leaders from countries of the former Soviet republic have gathered in Minsk for an economy and cooperation summit.
  11. MINSK, BELARUS - NOVEMBER 27: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets journalists in at the Russian embassy after the EURASEC Summit on November 27, 2009 in Minsk, Belarus. November,27.2009. Leaders from countries of the former Soviet republic have gathered in Minsk for an economy and cooperation summit.
  12. MINSK, BELARUS - NOVEMBER 27: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets journalists in at the Russian embassy after the EURASEC Summit on November 27, 2009 in Minsk, Belarus. November,27.2009. Leaders from countries of the former Soviet republic have gathered in Minsk for an economy and cooperation summit.
  13. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (L) walks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi upon his arrival at Chigi Palace in Rome on September 30, 2009. Zardari is in Rome for a three-day official visit where he will have, on October 1, a private audience with pope Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the head of the Roman Catholic Church outside of Rome.
  14. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrives to meets Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at Chigi Palace in Rome on September 30, 2009. Zardari is in Rome for a three-day official visit where he will have, on October 1, a private audience with pope Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the head of the Roman Catholic Church outside of Rome.
  15. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (L) stands with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi upon his arrival at Chigi Palace in Rome on September 30, 2009. Zardari is in Rome for a three-day official visit where he will have, on October 1, a private audience with pope Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the head of the Roman Catholic Church outside of Rome.
  16. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (R) speaks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as they inspect a guard of honour at Chigi Palace in Rome on September 30, 2009. Zardari is in Rome for a three-day official visit where he will have, on October 1, a private audience with pope Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the head of the Roman Catholic Church outside of Rome.

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