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Leader of Zatlera refom party, former Latvian President Valdis Zatlers cast his vote during the early parliament elections at a pooling station in Jaunmarupe, on September 17, 2011. Latvia went to the polls on Saturday in a snap general election triggered by a corruption crisis as the...

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A woman stand in a bus stop with an election campaign billboard featuring leader of the Zatlers rform party, former president Valdis Zatlers, ahead of the upcoming early elections in Riga on September 13, 2011.

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A boy walks past an election campaign billboard featuring leader of the Zatlers reform party, former president Valdis Zatlers, ahead of the upcoming early elections in Riga on September 13, 2011.

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Former Latvian President Valdis Zatlers casts his vote in a referendum to dissolve Latvia's parliament in Riga July 23, 2011. Latvians are set to vote in favour of dismissing parliament on Saturday in a referendum called to combat the power of oligarch businessmen, leading to an early...

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Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers (L) waits while a woman looks at the monument dedicated to saviours of Jews in Latvia, during a holocaust victims commemoration event in Riga July 4, 2011. On July 4, 1941 the Choral Synagogue in Riga was burned to the ground with people locked inside it.

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Outgoing Latvian President Valdis Zatlers (R) listens as newly elected President Andris Berzins speaks during a news conference in Riga June 6, 2011. Latvia's parliament chose a wealthy former banker as the Baltic nation's new president and he promised to be independent of politically...

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Outgoing Latvian President Valdis Zatlers (R) shakes hands with the newly elected President Andris Berzins in Riga June 6, 2011. Latvia's parliament chose a wealthy former banker as the Baltic nation's new president and he promised to be independent of politically influential...

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Supporters of outgoing president Valdis Zatlers rally near the parliament house during Latvia's presidential elections, in Riga June 2, 2011. Latvia's parliament chose Andris Berzins, a wealthy former banker, as the Baltic nation's new president on Thursday and he promised to be...

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Outgoing President Valdis Zatlers arrives at the parliament before Latvia's presidential elections in Riga June 2, 2011. Latvia's parliament chose Andris Berzins, a wealthy former banker, as the Baltic nation's new president on Thursday and he promised to be independent of politically...

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Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers greets people in Riga May 28, 2011. Zatlers on Saturday moved to dissolve parliament after it blocked a corruption probe of a top lawmaker and businessman, attacking "political scheming and lies" and saying he wanted to rein in local oligarchs.

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Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers delivers a televised speech at a television studio in Riga May 28, 2011. The president of Latvia said on Saturday that he would call a referendum on dissolving parliament after the legislature last week blocked prosecutors from searching the home of a...

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Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers poses for a portrait in his office in Riga this March 18, 2011 file photo. The president of Latvia said on May 28, 2011 that he would call a referendum on dissolving parliament after the legislature last week blocked prosecutors from searching the home...

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Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers listens as Kosovo's President Atifete Jahjaga (C) looks on during a speech by Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski (not pictured) at the meeting of Presidents of the central European region at the Royal Castle in Warsaw May 27, 2011.

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Presidents of Latvia Valdis Zatlers (L), Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga and Hungary Pal Schmitt (R) take part in the 17th summit of central European states devoted to democratic changes at the Warsaw Royal Castle on May 27, 2011.

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Re-appointed Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (L) looks on next to former Latvian President Valdis Zatlers after the signing of a government declaration at the Parliament in Riga on October 25, 2011. Latvian President Andris Berzins on October 19 picked incumbent centre-right...

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Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers (R) speaks to Estonia's Prime Minister Andrus Ansip in Riga April 29, 2011. Ansip is on two-day official visit to Latvia.

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Latvia's President Andris Berzins (R) shakes hands with Zalers Reform Party leader Valdis Zatlers during their meeting in Riga September 28, 2011. Latvia's president on Wednesday started negotiations with political parties who made it into the parliament after the snap elections, but it...

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Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers attends a press conference after the Arraiolos Group meeting at the National Gallery at Buda Castle in Budapest on April 9, 2011.

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Members of the Arraiolos Group, German President Christian Wulff (R) and Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers (L) speak prior to their closing press conference after the Arraiolos Group meeting at the National Gallery at Buda Castle in Budapest on April 9, 2011.

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Latvia's former president and founder of Zatlers Reform Party Valdis Zatlers speaks during an interview in Riga August 17, 2011. Zatlers, whose party may well be one of the biggest in parliament after snap elections in September and join the next government, said on Wednesday he wants...

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A woman casts her vote with her kid at a poling sation in Riga on July 23, 2011 during a referendum for or against the dissolution of parliament. Then-president Valdis Zatlers called the vote on May 28, just before his term was due to end, after parliament refused to lift the immunity...

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People fill their voting ballot at a poling sation in Riga on July 23, 2011 during a referendum for or against the dissolution of parliament. Then-president Valdis Zatlers called the vote on May 28, just before his term was due to end, after parliament refused to lift the immunity of a...

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In this July 8, 2011 file photo newly elected Latvian President Andris Berzins, left, receives symbolic key from Riga Castle, presidental office, from former president Valdis Zatlers during an inauguration ceremony in Riga, Latvia, Friday, July 8, 2011. Latvians could give their...

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In this photo taken on Saturday, May 28, 2011 and released by Office of the President of the Republic of Latvia, Presidents of Latvia Valdis Zatlers gives televised address in Riga, Latvia. Zatlers on Saturday called for the dissolution of the country's parliament after lawmakers...

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In this Saturday, May 28, 2011 file photo Latvian President Valdis Zatlers gives a televised address in Riga, Latvia. Latvia's presidential election Thursday is unlikely to produce a winner after incumbent Zatlers dimmed his chances by calling for the dissolution of Parliament. The...