India's Prime Minister-elect Manmohan Singh (C) addresses the media next to Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi (L) after their meeting with President Pratibha Patil at the presidential palace in New Delhi May 20, 2009. India's Congress party-led coalition has the support of 322 lawmakers, Singh said on Wednesday, giving it a clear majority in a new government. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

India's Prime Minister-elect Manmohan Singh (C) addresses the media next to Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi (L) after their meeting with President Pratibha Patil at the presidential palace in New Delhi May 20, 2009. India's Congress party-led coalition has the support of 322 lawmakers, Singh said on Wednesday, giving it a clear majority in a new government.

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  3. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, right, listen as Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed, unseen, speaks at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  4. U.N. Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Sha Zukang, back to camera, talks to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, second from left, look on at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  5. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives for a press conference in Mumbai on October 11, 2009. India hinted that a suicide attack on its embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul last week was staged by Pakistani militants who oppose its support of President Hamid Karzai's government. Singh, campaigning in Mumbai ahead of local elections, told reporters October 11 that 'Pakistan should realise the great harm that patronisation of terrorist groups has done to South Asia.'
  6. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets the members of the media at the end of his news conference in Srinagar October 29, 2009. Singh reached out to Kashmiri separatists on Wednesday, offering to resume peace talks to end a decades-old insurgency in the Himalayan region. Singh addressed a news conference on Thursday at the end of his two-day official visit to the troubled Kashmir region.
  7. (From R - L) Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dixit wave flags during the flag-off ceremony of the Red-Ribbon Express train to mark the World AIDS Day in New Delhi December 1, 2009. The train will travel across the country that will halt in 152 stations to spread awareness on AIDS.
  8. Leader of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party L.K. Advani, left, Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, center, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pose before a portrait of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, top center, on the first day of the winter session of the Indian Parliament, which coincided with the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  9. Leader of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party L.K. Advani, left, speaks to Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, center, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks on, on the first day of the winter session of the Indian Parliament, that coincided with the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  10. India's ruling Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, center, offers tributes at the memorial of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on her birth anniversary in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, was shot to death in 1984 by her own bodyguards. Seen to her left is Sonia's son and Indira's grandson Rahul Gandhi.
  11. India's ruling Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, center, offers floral tributes at the memorial of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on her birth anniversary in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, was shot to death in 1984 by her own bodyguards. Seen to her left is Sonia's son and Indira's grandson Rahul Gandhi.
  12. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets Indian government coalition chairman Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on November 17, 2009. Harper on November 16 began a two-day visit to India, calling for stronger and improved ties with his nation, particularly on trade.
  13. Indian Commerce and Industr Minister Anand Sharma speaks with President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at the 29th India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi on November 14, 2009. Fourtyfour countries and 27 Indian states participate in the 14-day multi-product show focusing on the themes of tourism, industry and promoting exports of small and medium sized companies.
  14. Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurate the 29th India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi on November 14, 2009. Fourtyfour countries and 27 Indian states participate in the 14-day multi-product show focusing on the themes of tourism, industry and promoting exports of small and medium sized companies.
  15. LONDON - OCTOBER 29: Queen Elizabeth II, left, and India's President Prathibha Devi Singh Patil, second from left, arrive to launch launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games outside Buckingham Palace October 29, 2009 in London. The Indian President, Prathibha Devi Singh Patil, and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, are concluding their three-day state visit to the UK during which they have stayed in Windsor Castle.
  16. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Queen Elizabeth II (R) and the President of the Republic of India, Prathibha Devi Singh Patil, enter Buckingham Palace prior to the Indian President's departure on October 29, 2009 in London, England. The Indian President and her husband, Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, are concluding their three-day state visit to the UK during which they have stayed in Windsor Castle.

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