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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) attends ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:32:16 GMT

(Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) attends a news conference with his Libyan counterpart Baghdadi Mahmudi in Tripoli, November 25, 2009. Turkey and Libya signed a string of cooperation deals ranging from health to education and construction as Turkey's prime minister ended a three-day visit to Tripoli, officials said.REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS BUSINESS)

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he holds a news conference in Tripoli, November 25, 2009. Turkey and Libya signed a string of cooperation deals ranging from health to education and construction as Turkey's prime minister ended a three-day visit to Tripoli, officials said. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) smiles ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:08:31 GMT

(Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) smiles at his Libyan counterpart Baghdadi Mahmudi (R) at a news conference in Tripoli, November 25, 2009. Turkey and Libya signed a string of cooperation deals ranging from health to education and construction as Turkey's prime minister ended a three-day visit to Tripoli, officials said. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS BUSINESS)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right, walks with Turkey's Prime ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:38:51 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right, walks with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to Tripoli, Libya Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi greets Turkey's Prime ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:32:35 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi greets Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) in Tripoli November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) poses for photographs ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:29:12 GMT

(Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) poses for photographs during his meeting with Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) in Tripoli November 24, 2009. Turkey wants to source more of its oil directly from Libya as the two Mediterranean countries deepen cooperation on energy, food and investment, government officials said on Tuesday. Erdogan, visiting Tripoli with a delegation of 150 Turkish business leaders, said the two countries would establish a jointly-owned agricultural bank with capital of $1 billion. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right receives Turkey's Prime ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:15:53 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right receives Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left during his visit to Tripoli, Libya Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signs the guests ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:14:33 GMT

(AP) - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signs the guests book at the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's destroyed residence during his visit to Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:58:24 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Filippo Monteforte/Pool

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:24:46 GMT

(Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and Libya's Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi (2nd L) take part in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the newly renovated Mehari Hotel in Tripoli, November 23, 2009. Picture taken November 23, 2009 REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (3rd R) walks ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:19:23 GMT

(Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (3rd R) walks next to Libya's Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi (R) upon his arrival in Tripoli, November 23, 2009. Picture taken November 23, 2009 REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) walks next ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:17:19 GMT

(Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) walks next to Libya's Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi (R) upon his arrival in Tripoli, November 23, 2009. Picture taken November 23, 2009 REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA)

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:16:19 GMT

(AP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media at the Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, before heading for Libya for a three-day official visit, 13 years after the visit of former Islamist Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan. then Erdogan's leader .(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Longtime Zimbabwean opposition leader and Prime Minister Morgan ...

(AP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:25:42 GMT

(AP) - Longtime Zimbabwean opposition leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, center-right, is received on his arrival, accompanied by Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, far right, at the airport in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, where he is expected to be briefing on the current situation in the Zimbabwean unity government. (AP Photo/Abdel Meguid Al-Fergany)

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai address the media ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:27:46 GMT

(Reuters) - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai address the media at Harare International Airport, November 19, 2009. Tsvangirai left on Thursday for North Africa, where analysts said he would meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to maintain political pressure on President Robert Mugabe to honour their power-sharing accord. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE POLITICS SOCIETY)

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai address the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:22:15 GMT

(Reuters) - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai address the media at Harare International Airport, November 19, 2009. Tsvangirai left on Thursday for North Africa, where analysts said he would meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to maintain political pressure on President Robert Mugabe to honour their power-sharing accord. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE POLITICS SOCIETY)

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai address the media ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:19:02 GMT

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, talks to the press ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:17:15 GMT

(AP) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, talks to the press in Harare, prior to his departure for Libya Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Tsvangirai is traveling to Libya to discuss problems facing the unified government in his country. (AP Photo)

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, seen here in Rome on November ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:19:05 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, seen here in Rome on November 16, has hired 200 young Italian women for another evening of political and religious discussion on the margins of the UN food summit, reports said Tuesday.(AFP/POOL/File/Alessandro Di Meo)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi is greeted by Italy's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:16:10 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi is greeted by Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi, in Rome for a U.N. food summit, spent several hours in the company of 200 Italian women recruited by an agency and tried to convert them to Islam, Italian media reported on Monday. "Seeking 500 attractive girls between 18 and 35 years old, at least 1.70 metres (5 foot, 7 inches) tall, well-dressed but not in mini-skirts or low cut dresses," read the ad by the Hostessweb agency and quoted in Italy's Corriere dell Sera newspaper in its story. Some 200 women showed up at a Rome villa, having been told they would receive 60 euros ($90) and "some Libyan gifts." Among them was an undercover reporter for Italian news agency ANSA, who took photos and described the evening's proceedings. REUTERS/Remo Casilli (ITALY POLITICS)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) is greeted by Italy's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:15:02 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) is greeted by Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi, in Rome for a U.N. food summit, spent several hours in the company of 200 Italian women recruited by an agency and tried to convert them to Islam, Italian media reported on Monday. "Seeking 500 attractive girls between 18 and 35 years old, at least 1.70 metres (5 foot, 7 inches) tall, well-dressed but not in mini-skirts or low cut dresses," read the ad by the Hostessweb agency and quoted in Italy's Corriere dell Sera newspaper in its story. Some 200 women showed up at a Rome villa, having been told they would receive 60 euros ($90) and "some Libyan gifts." Among them was an undercover reporter for Italian news agency ANSA, who took photos and described the evening's proceedings. REUTERS/Remo Casilli (ITALY POLITICS)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi is greeted by Italy's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:13:56 GMT

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi arrives for the Food and ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:24:35 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi arrives for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Security Summit in Rome November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, and Italian Premier Silvio ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:14:16 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, and Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi pose for photographers, during a meeting in Palazzo Chigi Premier office in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Gadhafi is in Rome with some 60 heads of state and dozens of ministers from other nations, to attend a food summit at the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, and Italian Premier Silvio ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:05:00 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, and Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi greet each other during a meeting in Palazzo Chigi Premier office in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Gadhafi is in Rome with some 60 heads of state and dozens of ministers from other nations, to attend a food summit at the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, and Italian Premier Silvio ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:03:13 GMT

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, and Italian Premier Silvio ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:02:35 GMT

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:00:17 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Filippo Monteforte/POOL

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is silhouetted as he delivers ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:54:09 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is silhouetted as he delivers his address at the inaugural ceremony of a World Summit on Food Security organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Filippo Monteforte, pool)

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi addresses the World Summit on Food ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:58:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi addresses the World Summit on Food Security in Rome. Kadhafi gave a speech to 100 young Italian women recruited by a model agency and urged them to convert to Islam, according to the Corriere della Sera.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi delivers his address at the inaugural ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:24:15 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi delivers his address at the inaugural ceremony of a World Summit on Food Security organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Filippo Monteforte, pool)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) speaks with Italy's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:22:34 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) speaks with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well. REUTERS/Filippo Monteforte/Pool (ITALY POLITICS AGRICULTURE BUSINESS SOCIETY)

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak speaks with Italy's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:47:25 GMT

(Reuters) - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak speaks with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) near U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf (R) at the FAO food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well. REUTERS/Ettore Ferrari/Pool (ITALY POLITICS AGRICULTURE SOCIETY)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi is greeted by Italy's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:46:21 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi is greeted by Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Security Summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well. REUTERS/Ettore Ferrari/POOL (ITALY AGRICULTURE BUSINESS FOOD POLITICS)

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is greeted by Italy's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:45:08 GMT

(Reuters) - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is greeted by Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well. REUTERS/Ettore Ferrari/Pool (ITALY POLITICS AGRICULTURE SOCIETY)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:40:30 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well. REUTERS/Ettore Ferrari/Pool (ITALY POLITICS)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks at the U.N. Food and ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:39:22 GMT

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the Food and Agriculture ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:21:28 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Security Summit in Rome November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Filippo Monteforte/Pool

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the inaugural ceremony ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:21:00 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the inaugural ceremony of a World Summit on Food Security organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Filippo Monteforte, pool)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the World Summit on Food ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:16:14 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the World Summit on Food Security at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO headquarters, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandro Di Meo, Pool)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the World Summit on Food ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:51:06 GMT

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the inaugural ceremony ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:50:37 GMT

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the opening ceremony of ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:49:24 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the opening ceremony of the World Summit on Food Security at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO headquarters, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandro Bianchi, pool)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, speaks with an aide as ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:49:13 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, speaks with an aide as he attends the opening ceremony of the World Summit on Food Security at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO headquarters, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandro Bianchi, pool)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is seen between two security guards ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:39:41 GMT

(AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is seen between two security guards as he attends the opening ceremony of the World Summit on Food Security at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO headquarters, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandro Bianchi, pool)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the Food and Agriculture ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:32:06 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Security Summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Government leaders and officials meet in Rome on Monday for a three-day U.N. summit on how to fight global hunger, but anti-poverty campaigners are already writing off the event as a missed opportunity. With the world's hungry topping one billion for the first time in history, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation had called the summit, hoping that leaders would commit to raising the share of official aid spent on agriculture to 17 percent of the total -- its 1980 level -- from 5 percent now. That would amount to $44 billion a year, up from $7.9 billion now. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY POLITICS SOCIETY AGRICULTURE IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the Food and Agriculture ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:22:18 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Security Summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Government leaders and officials meet in Rome on Monday for a three-day U.N. summit on how to fight global hunger, but anti-poverty campaigners are already writing off the event as a missed opportunity. With the world's hungry topping one billion for the first time in history, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation had called the summit, hoping that leaders would commit to raising the share of official aid spent on agriculture to 17 percent of the total -- its 1980 level -- from 5 percent now. That would amount to $44 billion a year, up from $7.9 billion now. REUTERS/Filippo Monteforte/Pool (ITALY POLITICS SOCIETY AGRICULTURE)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends the opening ceremony of ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:15:02 GMT

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the Food and Agriculture ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:09:51 GMT

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the FAO food security ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:07:40 GMT

(Reuters) - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the FAO food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Government leaders and officials meet in Rome on Monday for a three-day U.N. summit on how to fight global hunger, but anti-poverty campaigners are already writing off the event as a missed opportunity. With the world's hungry topping one billion for the first time in history, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation had called the summit, hoping that leaders would commit to raising the share of official aid spent on agriculture to 17 percent of the total -- its 1980 level -- from 5 percent now. That would amount to $44 billion a year, up from $7.9 billion now. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY POLITICS)