RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN MEETS WITH GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERKEL

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) smiles as Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to journalists following their meeting at the presidential residence near the Black Sea resort of Sochi on January 21, 2007. Merkel said she and Putin supported the so-called "Quartet" of international mediators launching a new drive to revive the Middle East peace process. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)