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Posted: 5/23/2013 3:05:17 PM EST
Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, left, laughs as he receives a gift, a pair of cufflinks, from his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny during their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Samaras said that Greece would follow the “same successful model” as Ireland both of the EU presidency and to exit the crisis. Ireland’s EU presidency will finish in the end of June. Greece is scheduled to take over the EU's rotating six-month presidency in January 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Posted: 5/23/2013 3:05:17 PM EST
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny attends a news conference with his Greek counterpart Antonis Samaras, unseen, after their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Samaras said that Greece would follow the “same successful model” as Ireland both of the EU presidency and to exit the crisis. Ireland’s EU presidency will finish in the end of June. Greece is scheduled to take over the EU's rotating six-month presidency in January 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Posted: 5/23/2013 3:05:17 PM EST
Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras attends a news conference with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny, unseen, after their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Samaras said that Greece would follow the “same successful model” as Ireland both of the EU presidency and to exit the crisis. Ireland’s EU presidency will finish in the end of June. Greece is scheduled to take over the EU's rotating six-month presidency in January 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Posted: 5/23/2013 3:05:17 PM EST
Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, left and his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny wave to the media prior to their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Samaras said that Greece would follow the “same successful model” as Ireland both of the EU presidency and to exit the crisis. Ireland’s EU presidency will finish in the end of June. Greece is scheduled to take over the EU's rotating six-month presidency in January 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Posted: 5/22/2013 6:25:58 AM EST
A police officer stands guard next to billboards welcoming Chinese premier Li Keqiang hung on poles near the presidency in Islamabad, Pakistan. Keqiang will arrive in Islamabad on May 22 on a two day official visit to hold talks with Pakistani leadership to discuss international, regional issues and enhance co-operation in bilateral ties. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/22/2013 4:17:57 AM EST
A man walks next to huge portraits of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, left, displayed near the presidency in Islamabad, Pakistan. Keqiang will arrive in Islamabad on May 22 on a two day official visit to hold talks with Pakistani leadership to discuss international, regional issues and enhance co-operation in bilateral ties. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/21/2013 1:33:30 PM EST
FILE - This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. Syria said Tuesday, May 21, 2013 it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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Posted: 5/18/2013 2:19:04 PM EST
FILE - This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. Syrian President Bashar Assad says he won't step down before elections are held in his war-ravaged country. The Syrian leader's comments, published Saturday in the Argentine newspaper Clarin, highlight the difficulties the U.S. and Russia face in getting the Assad regime and Syria's political opposition to the table at an international conference envisioned for next month. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Tuesday, May 6, 2013, a general view of rooftops in an old district of the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Sunday, May 4, 2013, an Iranian clergyman talks with men seated in a sidewalk at the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Sunday, May 4, 2013, an Iranian vendor waits for customers in the old bazaar of the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Sunday, May 4, 2013, a vendor and a shopkeeper wait for customers in the old bazaar of the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Monday, May 5, 2013, an Iranian woman walks in the Dohol Kouh district where the Mehr Housing Project is being built, in the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Monday, May 5, 2013, an Iranian man works outside a building in the Mehr Housing Project at Dohol Kouh district, in the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Monday, May 5, 2013, an Iranian woman walks in the Dohol Kouh district where the Mehr Housing Project is being built, in the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Sunday, May 4, 2013, an Iranian cleric, right, and women, left, walk in a sidewalk at the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Monday, May 5, 2013, two Iranian women stand in front of their houses in the Dohol Kouh district where the Mehr Housing Project is being built, in the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Sunday, May 4, 2013, people walk in an alley of the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Tuesday, May 6, 2013, two Iranian clerics, right, and two women walk in an alley of the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 3:24:37 PM EST
In this picture taken on Tuesday, May 6, 2013, Iranian clerics gather at the Masoumieh seminary in the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
