>>>Now which other world leader likes to appear in photos stripped to the waist looking rugged.
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>Easy: Vladimir Putin. (scroll down: http://archive.kremlin.ru/events/photos/2007/08/140910.shtml )
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>;-)

While we in the west view Putins action man photos with cynical amusement I assume they play quite well in Russia. In the Uk we seem to get endless pictures of Cameron with his baby in a sling.