Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and his ministers listen during a debate on government's "Kurdish initiative" at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 10, 2009. Opposition lawmakers protested against the Interior minister during his address. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and his ministers listen during a debate on government's "Kurdish initiative" at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 10, 2009. Opposition lawmakers protested against the Interior minister during his address.

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  1. BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 1: Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd R), European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L), Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2nd L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) attend their meeting at the Great Hall of the People on December 1, 2009 in Beijing, China. Europe and China opened a summit on November 30 with Beijing backing fellow developing nations in pressing the rich world to take the lead on climate change, despite new EU appeals for Beijing to do more.
  2. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen (L) and Minister of Finance Brian Lenihan attend a news conference after delivering the budget in Dublin April 7, 2009. Ireland's government prepared on Tuesday to unveil a budget which must present a clear fiscal roadmap or risk endangering its political future and posing a threat to one of the euro zone's basic stability rules.
  3. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra force their way as a glass door shatters at one of the venues of the 14th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Pattaya April 11, 2009. A summit of Asian leaders in Pattaya, Thailand, has effectively been cancelled after anti-government protesters broke into part of the conference venue, a Thai government spokesman said on Saturday.
  4. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) and Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt stand together before their meeting with China's President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 1, 2009.
  5. China's President Hu Jintao (2nd R), European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L), Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2nd L) and China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) attend their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 1, 2009.
  6. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, stands with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, before their meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Summit talks between Chinese and European leaders ended on an off key note Monday as Premier Wen Jiabao rejected calls for a stronger Chinese currency and accused critics of seeking to undermine his country's rise.
  7. China's President Hu Jintao (R) talks to Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 1, 2009.
  8. China's President Hu Jintao (R) talks to Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 1, 2009.
  9. China's President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) as Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt looks on before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 1, 2009.
  10. China's President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 1, 2009.
  11. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) sits near a television monitor showing images of him and his wife Veronica Lario during the taping of television program Porta a Porta ("Door to door" in Italian) in Rome May 5, 2009. His wife Veronica said over the weekend she planned to file for divorce, days after criticising Berlusconi for attending an 18-year old aspiring model's birthday party and a "shamelessly trashy" selection of female candidates for European elections. The headline reads "And Veronica asked for divorce" in Italian.
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  13. King Juan Carlos I of Spain (2nd L), Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva (R), Spain Prime Minister Jose Luiz Zapatero and Peru President Alan Garcia Perez chat during the group photography session of the XIX Ibero American Summit in Estoril November 30, 2009.
  14. King Juan Carlos I of Spain (L), Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva (C) and Prime Minister Jose Socrates talk during the group photograph session of the XIX Ibero American Summit in Estoril November 30, 2009.
  15. Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner (L) talks with Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates during the group photograph session at the XIX Ibero American Summit in Estoril, near Lisbon November 30, 2009.
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  1. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  2. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan attends the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  3. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  4. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  5. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  6. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan attends the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  7. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  8. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  9. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  10. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  11. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  12. ROME - NOVEMBER 17: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the second day of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  13. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi listen to the national anthems of their countries during a welcoming ceremony for Erdogan at the presidential offices in Tehran on October 27, 2009. Erdogan is on a two-day visit to the Islamic republic for talks on bilateral relations and Tehran's nuclear programme.
  14. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's World Bank President Robert Zoellick (L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) make their way to the start of the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  15. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (2nd L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) make their way to attend the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  16. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (2nd L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) talk prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.

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