G8 heads of states and their partners pose for a photograph before an official dinner in Hohen Luckow June 6, 2007. Front row L-R: British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his wife Cherie, Merkel's husband Joachim Sauer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy. 2nd row L-R: Prodi's wife Flavia, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, his wife Lyudmila, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Sarkozy' wife Cecilia. 3rd row L-R: Harper's wife Laureen, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Bush's wife Laura, U.S. President George W. Bush, Barroso's wife Margarida Sousa Uva, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his wife Akie (obscured). [Reuters]

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