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Angela Merkel Answers Obama With a Shrug

John Johnson — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:11:55 CDT

President Obama is huddling with other G-8 leaders today at Camp David, with Europe's financial crisis expected to be the main topic of conversation. More precisely: Whether Obama can persuade Germany's Angela Merkel to ease up on her austerity strategy and mix in some stimulus, reports AP . If their greeting...

Putin Pulls Out of G8 Meeting, Stuns US

Rob Quinn — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:46:00 CDT

Looks like the relationship between President Obama and President Putin might be off to a rocky start. The Russian leader has surprised the White House by saying he won't be attending the G8 summit at Camp David next week, reports the New York Times . Putin was recently elected for a...

Russia Does About-Face, Says Gadhafi Must Go

John Johnson — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:35:52 CDT

The news got even worse for Moammar Gadhafi today: Longtime ally Russia looks to be cutting ties, reports the Guardian . "He should leave," Dmitry Medvedev said at today's G8 summit in France. "I proposed our mediation services to my partners. Everyone thinks that would be useful." Russia strongly opposed NATO's...

G20 Arrest Total Soars Above 500

M. Morris — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:50:00 CDT

Police in Toronto conducted a large raid and rounded up more protesters today in an effort to quell further violence at the global economic summit after black-clad youths rampaged through the city, smashing windows and torching police cruisers. Police said they have arrested more than 500 demonstrators, many of whom...

G20 Protests in Toronto Turn Ugly

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:31:31 CDT

Black-clad demonstrators broke off from a crowd of peaceful protesters at the global economic summit in Toronto yesterday, torching police cruisers and smashing windows with baseball bats and hammers. Police arrested more than 150, reports the AP. Police used shields, clubs, tear gas and pepper spray to push back the...

Nice Trip, Now Get Back to Work, Mr. President

Harry Kimball — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:05:41 CDT

President Obama got his usual hero's welcome overseas, but this trip seemed "jarring and discordant" back in the US, writes Cynthia Tucker in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Our economic news keeps getting worse by the day, yet at summit after summit, “photos of the Obamas in resplendent, gold-bedecked palaces smacked of...

Obama Is Not a Horndog; Sarkozy, Well ...

M. Morris — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:02:01 CDT

A video of President Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy at yesterday's "Junior 8" G8 event has Matt Drudge and his buddies in a lather, but it's not quite as incriminating as a still photo makes it out to be, John Cook blogs for Gawker. "We undertook a Zapruder treatment" that exonerates...

Obama, Pope Hold 'Frank' Discussion at First Meeting

Harry Kimball — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:36:55 CDT

President Obama met with Pope Benedict for the first time today at the Vatican, the AP reports. The White House press secretary predicted a “frank discussion. I think that there's a lot that they agree on that they'll get a chance to discuss,” said Robert Gibbs. Though the pontiff and...

G8 Pledges $20B for Farmers in Poor Countries

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:43:02 CDT

On the last day of a G8 summit stymied on climate change and trade, leaders have pledged $20 billion to farms in poor countries in the fight hunger, Reuters reports. Some $3.5 billion will come from the US, which wants to focus on farm aid instead of food aid....