Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (2nd R) points out the sites of Trieste to Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon (2nd L), French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) during G8 foreign ministers' meeting in Italian northern Adriatic port of Trieste on June 26, 2009. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (2nd R) points out the sites of Trieste to Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon (2nd L), French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) during G8 foreign ministers' meeting in Italian northern Adriatic port of Trieste on June 26, 2009.

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  7. Canada's Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson speak to journalists during their meeting at the Lester B. Pearson Building in Ottawa October 5, 2009.
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  10. Canada's Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon (R) speaks with New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully on the terrace of the Lester B. Pearson Building in Ottawa October 5, 2009.
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  13. Japan's New Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada smiles as he speaks with outgoing Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone during a handover ceremony at Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will make his diplomatic debut next week with a visit to the United Nations and an economic summit meeting in Pittsburgh, officials said Thursday. Okada said Tokyo's diplomatic priorities are the U.S.-Japan security alliance, efforts to bring peace to the Pakistan-Afghanistan area, and climate change. And said he hoped the Japanese pledge to aim for a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would "encourage" the U.S. and other countries to follow suit.
  14. Japan's New Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, left, shakes hands with outgoing Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone during a handover ceremony at Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will make his diplomatic debut next week with a visit to the United Nations and an economic summit meeting in Pittsburgh, officials said Thursday. Okada said Tokyo's diplomatic priorities are the U.S.-Japan security alliance, efforts to bring peace to the Pakistan-Afghanistan area, and climate change. And said he hoped the Japanese pledge to aim for a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would "encourage" the U.S. and other countries to follow suit.

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