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NATO Summit in France and Germany

From L to R: NATO Secretary General General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy walk on a pedestrian bridge which connects Kehl in Germany to Strasbourg in France, during the NATO Summit, April 4, 2009. The summit, which marks the organisation's 60th anniversary, is taking place on April 3 and 4, 2009 in Strasbourg and the neighboring German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl. (UPI Photo/POOL)

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