Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (sitting at the 2nd L of the first row) is flanked by his ministers as Interior Minister Besir Atalay addresses the MPs during a debate at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara November 10, 2009. Turkey's parliament is set to discuss on Tuesday reforms designed to boost the rights of the country's Kurdish minority and end a 25-year separatist conflict -- moves seen boosting its European Union membership ambitions. Reuters Pictures 4 weeks ago

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (sitting at the 2nd L of the first row) is flanked by his ministers as Interior Minister Besir Atalay addresses the MPs during a debate at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara November 10, 2009. Turkey's parliament is set to discuss on Tuesday reforms designed to boost the rights of the country's Kurdish minority and end a 25-year separatist conflict -- moves seen boosting its European Union membership ambitions.

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  1. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) and his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) are greeted by local residents during their visit to Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Abhisit and Najib visited an Islamic school and attended the opening of a new bridge linking the two countries.
  2. Local students wave Malaysia's and Thailand's flags during a visit by Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razakand to Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Abhisit and Najib visited an Islamic school and attended the opening of a new bridge linking the two countries.
  3. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) and his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (2nd L) attend a ceremony to rename a bridge in Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Abhisit and Najib visited an Islamic school and attended the opening of a new bridge linking the two countries.
  4. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (R) walks with his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva during their visit to Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Abhisit and Najib visited an Islamic school and attended the opening of a new bridge linking the two countries.
  5. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (L) shakes hands with his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva during their visit to Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Abhisit and Najib visited an Islamic school and attended the opening of a new bridge linking the two countries.
  6. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (R) speaks with his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva during their visit to Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Abhisit and Najib visited an Islamic school and attended the opening of a new bridge linking the two countries.
  7. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, holds a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London ahead of Britain's Treasury chief Alistair Darling's, center, pre-budget report Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009. Darling was widely expected to announce on Wednesday a tax on bank bonuses in his pre-budget statement, an updated plan for taxing and spending that a senior official warned would be painful. Darling has sharply criticized bonuses paid to bankers, especially at companies saved by taxpayers' money, and is under pressure to rein in spending to deal with a deficit of at least 175 billion pounds ($284 billion) this year. Darling is flanked by Foreign Secretary David Miliband, background left and Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, background right.
  8. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, holds a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London ahead of Britain's Treasury chief Alistair Darling's, center, pre-budget report Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009. Darling was widely expected to announce on Wednesday a tax on bank bonuses in his pre-budget statement, an updated plan for taxing and spending that a senior official warned would be painful. Darling has sharply criticized bonuses paid to bankers, especially at companies saved by taxpayers' money, and is under pressure to rein in spending to deal with a deficit of at least 175 billion pounds ($284 billion) this year. Darling is flanked by Foreign Secretary David Miliband, background left and Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, background right.
  9. Britain's Treasury chief Alistair Darling, right, arrives with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London ahead of a pre-budget report Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009. Darling was widely expected to announce on Wednesday a tax on bank bonuses in his pre-budget statement, an updated plan for taxing and spending that a senior official warned would be painful. Darling has sharply criticized bonuses paid to bankers, especially at companies saved by taxpayers' money, and is under pressure to rein in spending to deal with a deficit of at least 175 billion pounds ($284 billion) this year.
  10. Britain's Treasury chief Alistair Darling, right, arrives with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London ahead of a pre-budget report Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009. Darling was widely expected to announce on Wednesday a tax on bank bonuses in his pre-budget statement, an updated plan for taxing and spending that a senior official warned would be painful. Darling has sharply criticized bonuses paid to bankers, especially at companies saved by taxpayers' money, and is under pressure to rein in spending to deal with a deficit of at least 175 billion pounds ($284 billion) this year.
  11. The logo of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is seen at its headquarters in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur December 9, 2009. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak has announced an impressive raft of liberalisation measures since he took office in a bid to woo back investors, but his efforts may founder unless he takes steps to stamp out corruption.
  12. A video grab image shows former head of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), John Scarlett, addressing an inquiry into British involvement in the Iraq conflict, in London December 8, 2009. Britain's spy chief in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion denied on Tuesday he had come under pressure from former Prime Minister Tony Blair's government to beef up intelligence to help justify military action.
  13. A video grab image shows former head of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), John Scarlett, addressing an inquiry into British involvement in the Iraq conflict, in London December 8, 2009. Britain's spy chief in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion denied on Tuesday he had come under pressure from former Prime Minister Tony Blair's government to beef up intelligence to help justify military action.
  14. A man applauds during a protest near Lithuania's Parliament in Vilnius December 8, 2009. More than 600 people, mostly retired persons, protested against the government's plans to cut pensions and other social benefits to balance Lithuania's budget for 2010, local media reported. The sign reads: "We don't give our pensions to Kubilius (Lithuania's Prime Minister)".
  15. Albania's Prime Minister and Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha flashes a V-sign during a rally to commemorate a 1990 student uprising that helped end the country's Communist regime, in central Skanderbeg Square, in Tirana December 8, 2009.
  16. A video grab image shows former head of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), John Scarlett, addressing an inquiry into British involvement in the Iraq conflict, in London December 8, 2009. Britain's spy chief in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion denied on Tuesday he had come under pressure from former Prime Minister Tony Blair's government to beef up intelligence to help justify military action.

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