Britain's Queen Elizabeth II invests the former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan with an honorary Grand Cross of the order of St. Michael and St. George, (GCMG) in the Private Audience Room at Buckingham Palace, London, Wednesday, Oct. 24 2007. AP Photo logo AP Photo 28 months ago

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II invests the former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan with an honorary Grand Cross of the order of St. Michael and St. George, (GCMG) in the Private Audience Room at Buckingham Palace, London, Wednesday, Oct. 24 2007.

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