A close family member of Guardsman Jimmy Major awaits his coffin to pass during the funeral cortege of British soldiers in the streets of Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire on November 10, 2009. The bodies of six British troops killed in Afghanistan were flown home Tuesday, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised to a dead soldier's mother for a botched condolence letter. The coffins of five men shot dead last week by an Afghan policeman they were training were flown to the RAF Lyneham airbase in southwest England, along with the body of a soldier blown up by a roadside bomb two days later. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

A close family member of Guardsman Jimmy Major awaits his coffin to pass during the funeral cortege of British soldiers in the streets of Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire on November 10, 2009. The bodies of six British troops killed in Afghanistan were flown home Tuesday, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised to a dead soldier's mother for a botched condolence letter. The coffins of five men shot dead last week by an Afghan policeman they were training were flown to the RAF Lyneham airbase in southwest England, along with the body of a soldier blown up by a roadside bomb two days later.

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  2. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov speaks to the media during a charity event for disadvanteged children in Sofia, December 7, 2009.
  3. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov (L) gives a present to a boy during a charity event for disadvantaged children in Sofia, December 7, 2009.
  4. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov (R) speaks to a boy during a charity event for disadvantaged children in Sofia, December 7, 2009.
  5. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: Lars Lokke Rasmussen , Prime Minister of Denmark, addresses the audience during the opening ceremony of the the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18.
  6. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen speaks during the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, also known as COP15, at the Bella center in Copenhagen December 7, 2009.
  7. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen speaks during the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, also known as COP15, at the Bella center in Copenhagen December 7, 2009.
  8. Lars Lokke Rasmussen, left, Prime Minister of Denmark, follows with Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, center, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer the opening of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
  9. Lars Loekke Rasmussen, center, Prime Minister of Denmark, arrives with UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer, right, for the opening of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
  10. Lars Loekke Rasmussen, center, Prime Minister of Denmark, speaks during the opening ceremony of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
  11. Nobel Peace prize winner Rajendra K. Pachauri, U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Mayor of Copenhagen Ritt Bjerregaard (L-R) attend the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, also known as COP15, at the Bella center in Copenhagen December 7, 2009.
  12. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 7: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) greet delegations during a Russian-Indian Summit in the Yekaterinninsky Hall of Grand Kremlin Palace on December 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The Indian President in on a three-day state visit to Russia during which the leaders have signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement.
  13. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2nd L) and his wife Laureen (2nd R) pay silent tribute after offering flowers at the grave of Dr. Frank Schofield at the national cemetery in Seoul December 7, 2009. According to local media, Schofield came to Korea in 1916 as a medical missionary instructor for the Presbyterian Church of Canada and taught bacteriology and sanitation until his return home under the pressure from Japanese colonial authorities in 1920. The Canadian missionary returned to Korea as a national guest by invitation of the South Korean government in 1958 and taught pathology at a university until he died in 1970. Schofield was known for taking pictures of the Cheam-ri incident, in which the Japanese burnt people inside a church in 1919.
  14. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 7: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) greet delegations during a Russian-Indian Summit in the Yekaterinninsky Hall of Grand Kremlin Palace on December 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The Indian President in on a three-day state visit to Russia during which the leaders have signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement.
  15. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2nd L) and his wife Laureen (2nd R) pay silent tribute after offering flowers at the grave of Dr. Frank Schofield at the national cemetery in Seoul December 7, 2009. According to local media, Schofield came to Korea in 1916 as a medical missionary instructor for the Presbyterian Church of Canada and taught bacteriology and sanitation until his return home under the pressure from Japanese colonial authorities in 1920. The Canadian missionary returned to Korea as a national guest by invitation of the South Korean government in 1958 and taught pathology at a university until he died in 1970. Schofield was known for taking pictures of the Cheam-ri incident, in which the Japanese burnt people inside a church in 1919.
  16. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 7: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) greet delegations during a Russian-Indian Summit in the Yekaterinninsky Hall of Grand Kremlin Palace on December 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The Indian President in on a three-day state visit to Russia during which the leaders have signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement.

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  1. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives to give a speech at a central London venue, October 12, 2009. Brown set out on Monday plans for asset sales to help rein in the budget deficit.
  2. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives to give a speech at a central London venue, October 12, 2009. Brown set out on Monday plans for asset sales to help rein in the budget deficit.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Prime Minister Gordon shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani ahead of their meeting, in Downing Street on October 9, 2009 in London. Later Prime Minister Brown will attend a service of thanksgiving honouring UK armed forces and civilians who served and died in the Iraq war.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Prime Minister Gordon stands Iraqi President Jalal Talabani ahead of their meeting, in Downing Street on October 9, 2009 in London. Later Prime Minister Brown will attend a service of thanksgiving honouring UK armed forces and civilians who served and died in the Iraq war.
  5. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Prime Minister Gordon walks past Number 10 in Downing Street on October 9, 2009 in London. Prime Minister Brown will attend a service of thanksgiving honouring UK armed forces and civilians who served and died in the Iraq war.
  6. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Prime Minister Gordon (L) walks with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani from Downing Street on October 9, 2009 in London. Later Prime Minister Brown will attend a service of thanksgiving honouring UK armed forces and civilians who served and died in the Iraq war.
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Prime Minister Gordon (L) walks with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani from Downing Street on October 9, 2009 in London. Later Prime Minister Brown will attend a service of thanksgiving honouring UK armed forces and civilians who served and died in the Iraq war.
  8. British Prime Minister Gordon (L) receives a kiss from his wife Sarah following his speech at the annual Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton on September 29, 2009. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that Iran must come into the international fold or face isolation, ahead of 'crucial' talks on its nuclear programme in Geneva this week.
  9. British Prime Minister Gordon (L) receives a kiss from his wife Sarah following his speech at the annual Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton on September 29, 2009. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that Iran must come into the international fold or face isolation, ahead of 'crucial' talks on its nuclear programme in Geneva this week.
  10. British Prime Minister Gordon (L) and his wife Sarah acknowledge the crowds applause following his speech at the annual Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton on September 29, 2009. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that Iran must come into the international fold or face isolation, ahead of 'crucial' talks on its nuclear programme in Geneva this week.
  11. British Prime Minister Gordon (L) receives a kiss from his wife Sarah following his speech at the annual Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton on September 29, 2009. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that Iran must come into the international fold or face isolation, ahead of 'crucial' talks on its nuclear programme in Geneva this week.
  12. Britain's Prime Minister and Labour party leader Gordon Brown, right, and his deputy at the party Harriet Harman, left, share a moment during the annual Labour Party Conference in the southern coastal town of Brighton, England, Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. Brown insisted he won't quit his post as his governing Labour Party met Sunday for its annual convention before a national election the party is expected to lose. Lbour trails far behind the main opposition Conservative Party in opinion polls, and has suffered heavy defeats in recent local council and European elections.
  13. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, listens to a delegate's question during the annual Labour Party Conference in the southern coastal town of Brighton, England, Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. Brown insisted he won't quit his post as his governing Labour Party met Sunday for its annual convention before a national election the party is expected to lose. Labour trails far behind the main opposition Conservative Party in opinion polls, and has suffered heavy defeats in recent local council and European elections.
  14. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) listens during an interview in Brighton, southern England September 27, 2009. Brown denied on Sunday political gossip that he is taking prescription painkillers or pills and said he was fit enough to lead the country. In a BBC interview to mark the start of his Labour Party's annual conference, Brown was asked about rumours in Westminster that he was someone who takes "prescription painkillers and pills to help them get through."
  15. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, speaks during an TV interview in Brighton England ahead of the Labour Party Annual Conference Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. Brown insisted Sunday that he won't quit his post, as his governing Labour Party met for a final annual convention before a national election in which the party will almost certainly lose power.
  16. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (2nd R) speaks as U.S. President Barack Obama (R), U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice (C), and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L) and British Prime Minister Grodon Brown listen during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters September 24, 2009 in New York City. The council approved a U.S.-drafted resolution calling on nuclear nations to disarm.

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