Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (R), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd-R), East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (2nd-L) and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (L) applaud after they signed a declaration of Coral Triangle Initiatve Summit in Manado, Indonesia's North Sulawesi province May 15, 2009. Oceans experts from around the world meet in Manado for the World Ocean Conference from May 11-15. Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (R), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd-R), East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (2nd-L) and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (L) applaud after they signed a declaration of Coral Triangle Initiatve Summit in Manado, Indonesia's North Sulawesi province May 15, 2009. Oceans experts from around the world meet in Manado for the World Ocean Conference from May 11-15.

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  15. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) visits victims at the partially collapsed M. Djamil general hospital in the Sumatran city of Padang on October 2, 2009 after a 7.6-magnitude quake toppled buildings in the area late on September 30. Indonesia said it feared thousands had died in a major earthquake as exhausted rescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble with their bare hands in a race to find survivors.
  16. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) visits a collapse hospital in the Sumatran city of Padang on October 2, 2009 after a 7.6-magnitude quake toppled buildings in the area late on September 30. Indonesia said it feared thousands had died in a major earthquake as exhausted rescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble with their bare hands in a race to find survivors.

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