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The director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), French Christiane Lagarde and Mexican Agustin Carstens (R), governor of the Mexican Central Bank during a joint press conference at the Mexican Central Bank headquarters on November 30, 2011 in Mexico City. Lagarde is in Mexico in...

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Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens (R) addresses the audience during the Mexico Business Summit, next to businessman Miguel Aleman, founder of the summit, in Queretaro October 23, 2011. Picture taken October 23, 2011.

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Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens addresses the audience during the Mexico Business Summit in Queretaro October 23, 2011. Picture taken October 23, 2011.

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Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens (L) is greeted by France's Finance Minister Francois Baroin (R) at the start of the G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors at the Finance Ministry in Paris, October 15, 2011.

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Mexico's Central Bank Governor, Agustin Carstens, (L) is welcomed by France's Finance Minister, Francois Baroin at his arrival at the Finance Ministry in Paris, before the beginning of a meeting on the second day of the G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on...

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Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens, left, is welcomed France's Finance Minister Francois Baroin, right, at the French finance ministry in Paris, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. Finance ministers and central bank governors of the world's leading economies are gathering in Paris to...

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Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens (center L) and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) gather for a group photo with other International Monetary Fund (IMF) Governors, during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington, September 24, 2011.

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Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens (C) stands with other International Monetary Fund (IMF) governors for a group photo taking session during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington September 24, 2011.

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Photo dated June 21, 2011 shows Agustín Carstens waving as he departs IMF headquarters in Washington. Mexican central bank chief Carstens, who lost out on June 28 to Christine Lagarde, said the French finance minister would be a 'very capable' head of the International Monetary Fund.

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Mexican central bank chief and IMF candidate Agustin Carstens addresses a press conference in New Delhi on June 10, 2011. Carstens met with Indian leaders in New Delhi to press his case to be the next International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief, as he and French rival Christine Lagarde...

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Agustin Carstens (R), governor of the Bank of Mexico, meets Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo June 17, 2011. Carstens said on Friday that it is premature for him to comment on whether he earned Japan's support for his bid to become head of the fund.

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Agustin Carstens, governor of the Bank of Mexico, holds a news conference in Tokyo June 17, 2011. Carstens said on Friday that it is premature for him to comment on whether he earned Japan's support for his bid to become head of the fund. Carstens is also rivalling front-runner French...

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Agustin Carstens, the governor of Mexico's central bank speaks during an interview with AFP following a press conference at the Mexican Embassy in Beijing on June 16, 2011 where Mexico's candidate to lead the IMF met earlier with senior Chinese officials to try to win Beijing's support in...

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Agustin Carstens (R), governor of the Central Bank of Mexico, wipes his glasses with a cloth before speaking during a media conference in Beijing June 16, 2011. Carstens is challenging the candidacy of French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Agustin Carstens, the governor of Mexico's central bank, speaks during a press conference at the Mexican Embassy in Beijing on June 16, 2011 after Carsten held meetings with senior Chinese officials over his candidature to become the new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). ...

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Agustin Carstens, governor of the Central Bank of Mexico, speaks during a media conference in Beijing June 16, 2011. Carstens is challenging the candidacy of French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Mexico's ambassador to China Jorge Eugenio Guajardo, center, walks with Mexican central bank governor Agustin Carstens, left, one of the leading candidates to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the International Monetary Fund, as they arrive for a press conference at the Mexican...

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The governor of the Mexican Central Bank, Agustin Carstens, speaks during a joint press confence with the director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), French Christiane Lagarde (out of frame) at the Mexican Central Bank headquarters on November 30, 2011 in Mexico City. Lagarde...

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Mexican central bank governor Agustin Carstens, right, one of the leading candidates to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the International Monetary Fund, arrives at the VIP terminal of the airport in Beijing Thursday, June 16, 2011. Carstens was to hold high-level meetings with...

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Mexican central bank governor Agustin Carstens, one of the leading candidates to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the International Monetary Fund, sits in a car to leave the airport in Beijing after his arrival Thursday, June 16, 2011. Carstens was to hold high-level meetings...

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) and Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens arrive to attend a news conference in Mexico City November 30, 2011. Lagarde is in Mexico to drum up support for more global cooperation.

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) speaks with Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens during a news conference in Mexico City November 30, 2011. Lagarde is in Mexico to drum up support for more global cooperation.

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Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, left, talks to Agustin Carstens, Governor of Mexico's Central Bank during a press conference in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Lagarde said the IMF has no plans to bail out Italy and Spain in response...

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IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, left, and Mexico's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Jose Antonio Meade, right, listen to Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens during a press conference in Mexico city, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. International Monetary Fund head...

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Agustin Carstens, head of Mexico's Central Bank, answers a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Mexico City, Tuesday June 14, 2011. Carstens says he will continue his underdog candidacy to be the first representative of an emerging economy to lead the International...