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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan briefs the press during a EU summit in Brussels, Friday 17 December 2004. EU leaders resumed their discussions on Friday, the final day of a two-day summit. Turkey should be offered "the strongest possible bond" with the European Union even if membership talks to join the bloc fail, EU leaders proposed Friday at the summit here, according to a draft text. (KEYSTONE/EPA/SRDJAN SUKI)