Germany's Finance Minsiter Wolfgang Schaeuble (3rd L) looks up, as he and Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King (L), South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-Hyun (2nd L), U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (4th L) Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (C), France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (2nd R) and Indonesia's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati pose during the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 7, 2009. Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G20 to work toward a $100 billion deal to meet the cost of climate change. Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

Germany's Finance Minsiter Wolfgang Schaeuble (3rd L) looks up, as he and Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King (L), South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-Hyun (2nd L), U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (4th L) Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (C), France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (2nd R) and Indonesia's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati pose during the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 7, 2009. Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G20 to work toward a $100 billion deal to meet the cost of climate change.

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  1. ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07: G20 finance ministers and bank govenors gather for the family photograph on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland. G20 finance ministers have gathered in St Andrews for a G20 summit where they will discuss global economic stimulus packages and the cost of paying for climate change.
  2. ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07: G20 finance ministers and bank govenors gather for the family photograph on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland. G20 finance ministers have gathered in St Andrews for a G20 summit where they will discuss global economic stimulus packages and the cost of paying for climate change.
  3. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, (L-R) French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, pose for a picture prior to the SDR Signing Ceremony October 3, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. According to reports global financial stability has improved in the wake of policy actions with signs of economic recovery.
  4. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (L), French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (R) talk after their G-7 meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 3, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. According to reports global financial stability has improved in the wake of policy actions with signs of economic recovery.
  5. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (L), French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (R) talk after their G7 meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 3, 2009.
  6. England National Bank executive director Andrew Bailey (L) talks with Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling at the begining of the working session of the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009. European countries met today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.
  7. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) talks with France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde in the garden of Rambouillet castle near Paris, November 27, 2009. Ministers of both governments meet at the 14th session of the Russian-French commission for cooperation. A flurry of business deals were expected to be sealed after talks at the Rambouillet chateau outside Paris between Putin and his French counterpart Francois Fillon, against a backdrop of strong European appetite for Russian energy resources.
  8. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C), Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming (R), and Herve Novelli, France's Junior Minister for Trade, Artisan Trades, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises, Tourism and Services attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  9. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde delivers a speech as she attends The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  10. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde delivers a speech as she attends The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  11. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (R), France's Foreign Trade Minister Anne-Marie Idrac (C), and Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming (L) arrive to attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  12. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) and Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming, attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  13. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) listens as US President Barack Obama speaks during meetings with the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2009.
  14. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on 'Systemic Regulation, Prudential Matters, Resolution Authority and Securitization' on October 29, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Treasury Secretary Geithner said Thursday the recesssion remains 'alive and acute' despite the economy emerging from a year of contractions with the strongest growth in two years.
  15. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on 'Systemic Regulation, Prudential Matters, Resolution Authority and Securitization' on October 29, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Treasury Secretary Geithner said Thursday the recesssion remains 'alive and acute' despite the economy emerging from a year of contractions with the strongest growth in two years.
  16. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on 'Systemic Regulation, Prudential Matters, Resolution Authority and Securitization' on October 29, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Treasury Secretary Geithner said Thursday the recesssion remains 'alive and acute' despite the economy emerging from a year of contractions with the strongest growth in two years.

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