Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero arrives for a news conference at Madrid's Moncloa Palace January 5, 2009. Zapatero called Israeli action in the Gaza Strip disproportional and said he had agreed with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to press for ceasefire. Reuters Pictures 10 months ago

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero arrives for a news conference at Madrid's Moncloa Palace January 5, 2009. Zapatero called Israeli action in the Gaza Strip disproportional and said he had agreed with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to press for ceasefire.

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  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.
  4. (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.
  5. (L to R) Members of anty-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi shake hands after moving paper money from an aid money box to a climate money box on November 5, 2009, in Barcelona. Some 180 countries hold climate talks during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks before December's Copenhagen conference tasked with tackling the threat of global warming.
  6. A member of anty-poverty group Oxfam wearing a mask of Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero gives the thumb up while moving paper money from an aid money box to a climate money box on November 5, 2009, in Barcelona. Some 180 countries hold climate talks during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks before December's Copenhagen conference tasked with tackling the threat of global warming.
  7. A member of anty-poverty group Oxfam wearing a masks of Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero gestures before moving paper money from an aid money box to a climate money box on November 5, 2009, in Barcelona. Some 180 countries hold climate talks during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks before December's Copenhagen conference tasked with tackling the threat of global warming.
  8. (L to R) Members of anty-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi shake hands after moving paper money from an aid money box to a climate money box on November 5, 2009, in Barcelona. Some 180 countries hold climate talks during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks before December's Copenhagen conference tasked with tackling the threat of global warming.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) speaks with France's Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand (R) before inaugurating a major exhibit of art from Turkey at the Grand Palais in Paris October 9, 2009. Culture Minister Mitterrand is facing calls for his resignation for having written about paying boys for sex in Thailand, revelations that were made in a 2005 autobiography "The Bad Life". Jean-David Levitte (2ndL) is President Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalits 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.
  16. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy where they prepare 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.

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