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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C), Sri Lanka's President of Socialist Republic Mahinda Rajapaksa (L) and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (R) arrive at the opening of the Bali Democracy Forum in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on December 8, 2011. The...

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Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) walks to his motorcade after bidding farewell to Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (R) at the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan November 21, 2011. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (2nd R) follows behind.

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Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L) shakes hands with Brunei's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah (2nd R) as Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) looks on during the audience ceremony at the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan November 20, 2011.

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US President Barack Obama (2nd R) applauds with Southeast Asian leaders, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L), Philippines President Benigno Aquino (2nd L) and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (R), during a group photo session for the leaders of the East Asia Summit in Nusa...

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US President Barack Obama (C), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) participate in the East Asia Summit family photo, part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali...

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Leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L), Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (2nd L), Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (3rd L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (3rd R), Cambodian Prime Minister...

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Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) and his wife Kristiani Yudhoyono (R) wearing Indonesian traditional clothes attend the gala dinner during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and East Asia Summit in Nusa...

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Myanmar's President Thein Sein (R) signs a document watched by Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (2nd R), Lao's Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) during signing Bali's Declaration at the ASEAN Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali November 17, 2011. ...

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Myanmar President Thein Sein (R) with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, (2R), Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (3R), and Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (4R partly hidden) walks together after a group photo session of the leaders of the Association of South East Asian...

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(L-R) Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Laos' Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak and Myanmar's President Thein Sein hold hands for a photo session during the opening of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali...

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Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (C) arrives for 19th Asean Summit meeting at Ngurai Rai airport in Bali resort island November 16, 2011. Bali is hosting this year's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meetings.

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Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (C) arrives at Bali Ngurah Rai International airport in Kuta on November 16, 2011 to attend the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Nusa Dua.

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U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard (C) and Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (R) during the first plenary meeting at the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 13, 2011.

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U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks at the Trans-Pacific Partnership Leaders meeting at the Hale Koa Hotel during the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 12, 2011. Also at the table with the president are Brunei's Sultan and Prime Minister Hassanal Bolkiah (L), U.S. Trade...

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Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (C) is greeted by Gladys Boluda (purple), Deputy Chief of Protocol of the U.S. State Department, and Major General Jon Shasteen of the U.S. Air Force after arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for the APEC summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 11, 2011...

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Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (C) is shown to his car by Gladys Boluda (purple), Deputy Chief of Protocol of the U.S. State Department, after arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for the APEC summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 11, 2011.

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Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (C) is greeted by US officials in Honolulu, Hawaii, on November 11, 2011 upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. The United States hosts this year's APEC forum for the first time since 1993, with leaders from the 21 member...

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A Bruneian kisses the hand of Brunei�s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (R) after a prayer in celebrating the Sultan's 65th birthday in Bandar Seri Begawan July 14, 2011. Bolkiah was born on July 15, 1946 and ascended to the throne to become the 29th Sultan of Brunei in 1967.

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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, front row center, and delegation leaders, front row from left, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal...

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From left, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,...

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BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 09: Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, gives a statement to the media following talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Cahncellery on June 9, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The Sultan is on a two-day official trip to Germany.

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German pupils welcome Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) after he inspected the honour guard with German President Christian Wulff (2nd L) at Bellevue Castle in Berlin, June 8, 2011.

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Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) delivers his speech as Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Brunei's Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah listen during a banquet at the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan November 20, 2011.

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Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah talk during their meeting at the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan November 20, 2011.

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Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front) and Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah arrive at the banquet hall in the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan November 20, 2011.