A statue of the Merlion, a symbol of Singapore, is seen illuminated at dusk overlooking the Marina Bay area in Singapore November 8, 2009. Singapore will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings from November 11 to 14. Reuters Pictures 1 week ago

A statue of the Merlion, a symbol of Singapore, is seen illuminated at dusk overlooking the Marina Bay area in Singapore November 8, 2009. Singapore will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings from November 11 to 14.

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  1. Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang smiles as he leaves Changi Airport VIP complex in Singapore on November 12, 2009, upon his arrival to attend The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Asia-Pacific economies have pledged to pursue a giant free-trade zone covering 2.6 billion people and called for easier access to green technology to combat climate change. Foreign and trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group said they would direct their officials to study ways to achieve the long-term vision for a 'Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific', or FTAAP.
  2. Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang waves as he leaves Changi Airport VIP complex in Singapore on November 12, 2009, upon his arrival to attend The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Asia-Pacific economies have pledged to pursue a giant free-trade zone covering 2.6 billion people and called for easier access to green technology to combat climate change. Foreign and trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group said they would direct their officials to study ways to achieve the long-term vision for a 'Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific', or FTAAP.
  3. Indonesian Finance Minister Mulyani Indrawati (L-back) talks to Singaporean Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam (R) during a joint press conference on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies declared their ambition to build a region-wide free trade area and called for easier access to green technology to combat climate change. In a joint statement, foreign and trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group said they would direct their officials to study ways to achieve their long-term vision for the massive free-trade zone. The proposed Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) would cover APEC's 21 member economies stretching from Chile to China via the United States.
  4. Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) ahead of a meeting in Singapore on November 12, 2009, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. Asia-Pacific economies declared their ambition to build a region-wide free trade area and called for easier access to green technology to combat climate change. In a joint statement, foreign and trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group said they would direct their officials to study ways to achieve their long-term vision for the massive free-trade zone. The proposed Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) would cover APEC's 21 member economies stretching from Chile to China via the United States.
  5. Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong (L) listens as Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) speaks during a meeting in Singapore on November 12, 2009, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. Asia-Pacific economies declared their ambition to build a region-wide free trade area and called for easier access to green technology to combat climate change. In a joint statement, foreign and trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group said they would direct their officials to study ways to achieve their long-term vision for the massive free-trade zone. The proposed Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) would cover APEC's 21 member economies stretching from Chile to China via the United States.
  6. Finance and trade minister assemble for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  7. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) stands next to Chilean Maria Olivia Recart (R) and other finance and trade ministers as they pose for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  8. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) stands next to Chilean Maria Olivia Recart (C) and other finance and trade ministers as they pose for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  9. Chilean Maria Olivia Recart (C/R) gestures as she speaks with FMM Chairman Tharman Shanmugarartnam as finance and trade ministerf assemble for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  10. IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) talks with Chilean Maria Olivia Recart (R) and Chairmen of FMM Tharman Shanmugaratnam (C) as Haruhiko Kuroda ( 2nd row L) of Asian Development Bank, Australia's Wayne Swan and Vietnam's Tran Xuan ha look on prior to a group photograph of finance and trade minister during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  11. Finance and trade ministers leave the stage after a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  12. Chilean Maria Olivia Recart (FRONT/R) talks with Charimen of FMM Tharman Shanmugaratnam (C) as Australia's Wayne Swan (L) and Vu Van Ninh of Vietnam look on among finance and trade ministers as they for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  13. Alexey Kudrin of Russia chats with New Zealand's Bill English (R) prior to a group photograph of finance and trade ministers during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  14. Vietnamese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Doa Viet Trung studies a newspaper ahead of a plenary meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  15. World Bank Head Robert B. Zoellick (C) takes his place among finance and trade ministers for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  16. Finance and trade ministers (BACK ROW, L-R) Ricardo Ochao of Mexico, China's Zhu Guangyao, Brunei's Pehin Dato Abd Rahman, Wayne Swan of Australia, Vietnam's Tran Xuan Ha, Robert B. Zoellick of World Bank, Thailand's Korn Chatikavanji, Malaysia's Ahmad Husni, Japan's Shinichito Furumoto, Sush-der Lee of Taiwan and Benjamin Poponawa of Papua New Guinea (FRONT ROW L-R) Russia's Alexey Kudrin, Bill English of New Zealand, Phillippines's Margarito Teves, Dominique Strauss-Kahn of IMF, Sri Mulyani Indrawati of Indonesia, Chairman of FMM Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Timothy Geithner of United States, Chile's Maria Olivia Recart, Canada's James Flaherty, Claudia Cooper of Peru, Hong Kong's John Tsang and Korea's Shin Je Yoon pose for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.

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