Germany's Federal chancellor Angela Merkel (G) is greetsd by

Germany's Federal chancellor Angela Merkel (G) is greetsd by Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika as the President of The Comoros Ahmed Adbullah Sambi (R) watches during a family photo of a EU- Africa summit 08 December 2007, in Lisbon. The leaders of Europe and Africa were to begin a landmark summit in Lisbon on Saturday, designed to forge a new partnership of equals but with expectations cooled by the long shadow of colonial history.
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