
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, US President George W. Bush, 
Barroso's wife Margarida Sousa Uva, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his wife 
Akie. [Reuters]