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President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (2nd R) fixes her hair after missing the group photo at the start of the G20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy at the National Building Museum in Washington on November 15, 2008. The photo was retaken after Fernandez de Kirchner joined the group. With her are the Mexico of President Felipe Calderon (R), the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev (2nd L) and The Deputy Secretary of Finance for the Netherlands Jan Kees de Jager, who is standing in for President Balkenende. (UPI Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh/POOL)

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