G7 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING
French finance minister Thierry Breton (L), laughs with German finance minister Peer Steinbrueck (R), after a group photo session at the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Washington on April 21, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch).
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