Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, left, walks by Shimon Peres, President of Israel, right, as he leaves a plenary session during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 29, 2009. Erdogan stalked off the stage, red-faced and agitated, after verbally sparring over Gaza with Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Shimon Peres, President of Israel, speaks during a plenary session on the Middle East Peace at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Jan. 29, 2009. The incident came Thursday after a lengthy debate about the recent Israeli offensive that claimed about 1,300 Palestinian lives.
Moderator David Ignatius, left, tries to stop Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, from speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum Jan. 29, 2009. Ignatius would give Erdogan, who spoke earlier, only a minute to rebut Peres, saying, "We really do need to get people to dinner."
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a point while speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 29, 2009. After he was cut off in a rebuttal, Erdogan left the stage, saying, "Thank you very much. I don't think I will come back to Davos after this."
Israel's President Shimon Peres, right, holds up a letter as Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, makes notes during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday Jan. 29, 2009.
Russian Prime Minsiter Vladimir Putin, right, greets former President Bill Clinton during a reception hosted by Putin for participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009.
Russian Prime Minsiter Vladimir Putin, center, and former President Bill Clinton, left, are seen during a reception hosted by Putin for participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. Second right is artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiyev.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, second right, hits a gong next to NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer, right, CNBC TV presentator Geoff Cutmore, second left, and NYSE Euronext Deputy CEO Jean-Francois Theodore, left, during the NYSE Euronext European Opening Bell at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 29, 2009.
In this image from video, made available by the United Nation's food aid agency World Food Program, actor Sean Penn looks on in a San Francisco studio during the production of a 30-second TV video about the global financial crisis. The WFP urged countries to "allocate to urgent hunger needs a fraction of what is proposed for financial rescue packages to address the global economic downturn."
A participant reads a newspaper under a screen with the writing "Fundamental Reboot" on it during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair, UN Middle East Quartet representative and member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, participates in a plenary session at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 29, 2009.
Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa, right, shares a word with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday Jan. 29, 2009.
Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, USA, left and Tony Blair, UN Middle East Quartet representative and member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, participate in a plenary session at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan 29, 2009.
Muhtar A. Kent, president and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company, USA, participates in a plenary session at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
Spaniard Ana Botin, member of the board of Grupo Santander, gestures as she speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.