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Obama Meets With World Leaders

After several days of meetings with Russian leaders and officials, President Obama continued his international trip in Italy, home of this year's annual Group of Eight summit.

July 10

President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI meet in the pontiff's study at the Vatican. The 30-minute meeting Vatican audience was described by both sides as positive - constructive talks between two men who agree on helping the poor and pushing for Middle East peace but disagree on what the Vatican considers prime ethical issues.

Chris Helgren-AP

July 10

Obama's wife, Michelle, joined him at the end of the meeting with Benedict, and gifts were exchanged. Daughters Malia and Sasha, who accompanied their parents on the trip, also met the pope.

Chris Helgren-AP

July 10

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, bottom center, sits next to President Obama, who is reviewing notes before the start of a meeting at the G-8 summit, in L'Aquila, Italy.

Haraz N. Ghanbari-AP

July 10

President Obama greets South African President Jacob Zuma during the G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. Leaders of the world's major economies pledged Friday to raise $20 billion over the next three years for food and agricultural aid to the world's most impoverished countries.

Haraz N. Ghanbari-AP

July 10

Chairman of the African Union Jean Ping, left, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso unveil a plaque to commemorate victims of a recent earthquake during a ceremony at the G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy.

Markus Schreiber-AP

July 9

President Obama walks by the Group of Eight logo during a media conference at the summit in L'Aquila.

Andrew Medichini-AP

July 9

President Obama shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at a press conference following the Major Economic Forum meeting outlining ways to manage climate change.

Oli Scarff-Getty Images

July 9

President Obama speaks during a meeting at the Group of Eight summit in L'Aquila. A "historic consensus" on cutting pollution was reached at the summit, Obama said, adding that developed nations have a responsibility to take the lead on climate change.

Vincenzo Pinto-AFP/Getty Images

July 9

President Obama and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd attend a press conference during the G-8 at the Guardia Di Finanza School of Coppito in L'Aquila, Italy.

Vittorio Zunino Celotto-Getty Images

July 9

President Obama speaks with Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd before a round table session at the G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy.

Jason Reed-Reuters

President Obama shakes hands with Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi at a dinner for world leaders at the G-8 summit in L'Aquila.

Michael Gottschalk-AP

July 9

Leaders applaud as President Obama, center, arrives for a group photo of G-8 and G-5 leaders at the G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy.

Michel Euler-AP

July 9

Heads of state, left to right in front row, South African President Jacob Zuma, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Mexican President Felipe Calderon and, left to right back row, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, and Head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso pose for a photo at the Group of Eight summit in L'Aquila, Italy.

Eric Feferberg-AFP/Getty Images

July 9

President Obama attends a meeting with leaders of the Group of Eight, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Egypt, during the summit in L'Aquila, Italy. The Group of Eight leaders issued a strong condemnation of North Korea's May 25 nuclear test, calling it a "flagrant violation" of U.N. resolutions.

Saul Loeb-AFP/Getty Images

July 9

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to President Obama on the morning of the second day of the G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. The talks are being held close to the site of a devastating earthquake in April of this year.

Steffen Kugler - Pool-Getty Images

July 9

President Obama holds up an autographed Brazilian football jersey given to him by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, during a meeting on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in L'Aquila, Italy.

Saul Loeb-AFP/Getty Images

July 9

President Obama talks with South African President Jacob Zuma, second from right, alongside Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, center, as they arrive for a meeting with the leaders of the Group of Eight.

Saul Loeb-AFP/Getty Images

July 9

President Obama talks with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during the Group of Eight summit in L'Aquila, Italy. Leaders of the world's five biggest developing economies cranked up pressure on their counterparts from the richest nations for more concessions on poverty relief and climate warming.

Saul Loeb-AFP/Getty Images

July 8

President Obama walks by the Italy's honor guard with Italian Gen. Rolando Mosca Moschini prior to Obama's meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale, Rome's presidential palace.

Pier Paolo Cito-AP

July 8

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano listens as Obama speaks during a joint press conference following their meeting at the presidential palace in Rome. Obama met with Napolitano before departing for the G8 summit in the central Italian city of L'Aquila, which began today.

Saul Loeb-AFP/Getty Images

July 8

Obama speaks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a roundtable session at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. Leaders at the conference said the world economy still features "significant risks" and may require additional aid.

Jason Reed-Reuters

July 8

Obama greets European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Tara Aso, second left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, back to camera right. The president will chair Thursday's Major Economies Forum.

Charles Dharapak-AP

July 8

Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno, center in sash, stands with the wives of numerous world leaders attending the G8 summit, including first lady Michelle Obama, fifth from right. The group was visiting the Capitoline Museums in Rome. Behind them is the Marcus Aurelius equestrian statue.

Domenico Stinellis-AP

July 8

Italian Civil Protection Agency head Guido Bertolaso helps Obama remove his jacket as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy look on following a G8 group photo in L'Aquila, Italy. World leaders attending the event say they have yet to reach agreement on climate change goals, a key tenet of the summit's discussions.

Andrew Medichini-AP

July 8

A helicopter flies past a topiary plant at the press center during the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. The city's residents have yet to return home after an April earthquake that killed 300.

Joe Klamar-AFP/Getty Images

July 7

Obama attends a meeting with the Parallel Civil Society in Moscow. The president called for a "fresh start" between American and Russian societies in a speech at the meeting and spoke of opportunities for new partnerships.

Jim Young-Reuters

July 7

President Barack Obama congratulates the top-graduating student, Oksana Yurievna, at his commencement address for the 2009 graduating class at the New Economic School in Moscow, July 7, 2009. During his commencement address, Obama told the crowd, "there is a 19th-century view that we are destined to vie for spheres of influence, and that great powers must forge competing blocs to balance one another. These assumptions are wrong."

Jason Reed-Reuters

July 7

First Lady Michelle Obama greets a nurse during her visit to St. Dmitriy Nursing College of Sisters of Mercy in Moscow.

Denis Sinyakov-Reuters

July 7

President Obama met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for a working breakfast meeting outside of Moscow. Obama described Putin as "tough, smart, shrewd, very unsentimental, very pragmatic."

Jim Young-Reuters

July 7

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President Barack Obama wave during a joint business summit in Moscow. Obama told the business leaders that U.S.-Russian trade of $36 billion a year falls far short of potential.

Natalia Kolesnikova-AFP/Getty Images

July 6

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk with Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in route to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near Red Square in Moscow, July 6, 2009.

Jason Reed-Reuters

July 6

President Obama begins his trip at the Russian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. Obama is in Russia for three days before continuing to Italy and Ghana.

Charles Dharapak-AP

July 6

Svetlana Medvedeva, wife of Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, and Michelle Obama meet in the Kremlin. News media in Russia has focused heavily on her focused on her White House kitchen garden rather than her clothes or her interest in promoting public service.

Vladimir Rodionov-AP

July 6

Medvedev welcomes Obama on his arrival in the Kremlin. Russian officials have noted that President Obama is using a firm but measured approach in reestablishing U.S.-Russian relations.

Vladimir Rodionov-AP

July 6

President's Obama and Medvedev enter the Kremlin for a press conference after a closed-door meeting. Medvedev and Obama reached a preliminary agreement Monday to cut the American and Russian nuclear arsenals by as much as a third.

Haraz N. Ghanbari-AP

July 6

During President Obama's first day in Moscow, he and President Medvedev signed agreements allowing the transit of U.S. military personnel and weapons through Russia to Afghanistan, restoring military-to-military ties and pledging cooperation to limit the spread of nuclear materials.

Saul Loeb-AFP/Getty Images

July 6

President Obama introduces President Medvedev, second from the right, to members of the U.S. delegation. Obama told Medvedev during their meetings that Russia needs to establish independent courts, a free press and fight political corruption.

Saul Loeb-AFP/Getty Images

July 6

President Obama lauded President Medvedev during their joint press conference, saying he is a "straightforward, professional leader."

Saul Loeb-AFP/Getty Images

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