Obama arrives for first G8 summit of his presidency

September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned here Sunday after attending the two-day G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, US. The summit was hosted by US President Barack Obama in which developing countries like India were assured a greater say in the affairs of the global financial system.

September 26th, 2009 EU presidency: G-20 summit was 'a step forward'STOCKHOLM — The EU presidency calls the Pittsburgh Group of 20 summit "a step forward," because world leaders agreed to restrict bankers' bonuses and introduce tougher financial market regulation. Swedish Premier Fredrik Reinfeldt and Finance Minister Anders Borg say the agreements struck at the summit of rich and developing nations "took the first steps toward a more sustainable financial system." The key deals struck by the G-20 in Pittsburgh included tougher rules on bonus payments, improved regulation of the financial market as well as stricter supervision.

September 24th, 2009 Obama arrives in Pittsburgh to host summitPITTSBURGH — President Barack Obama has arrived in Pittsburgh for a summit with leaders of the world's major economies. One year after the global economic meltdown began, the leaders will hold talks Thursday and Friday to make sure a fledgling global recovery remains on track while laying down tougher rules for global financial institutions.

September 23rd, 2009 Countries represented at Pittsburgh summitPITTSBURGH — Countries taking part in the Group of 20 economic summit Thursday and Friday in Pittsburgh: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, Britain and the United States. The European Union, represented by its rotating presidency and the European Central Bank, is the 20th member.

September 4th, 2009 Special EU summit called ahead of G20 talks in USSTOCKHOLM — Sweden has called for an extra meeting of European Union leaders to discuss the global financial crisis ahead of a summit of Group of 20 nations in the U.S. later this month.

August 10th, 2009 Obama, leaders of Mexico, Canada vow cooperationGUADALAJARA, Mexico —President Barack Obama on Monday joined the leaders of Mexico and Canada in pledging a united effort on economic recovery, trade, swine flu and climate change. A statement from the leaders said their nations offered a "joint, responsible and transparent" response to the spreading swine flu threat.

August 9th, 2009 Obama to attend summit in MexicoWASHINGTON —President Barack Obama will fly to Mexico for a two-day summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. The three men are expected to work on trade, immigration, drug trafficking and security issues, as well as clean energy.

August 9th, 2009 Obama to attend 3-nation summit in MexicoWASHINGTON —President Barack Obama will fly to Mexico for a two-day summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. The three men are expected to work on trade, immigration, drug trafficking and security issues, as well as clean energy.

July 8th, 2009 Obama attending G-8 summit in ItalyROME — President Barack Obama is flying from Russia to Italy today for the G-8 summit of leading industrial nations. Agenda items include global warming, trade, Iran's nuclear ambitions and food security.

July 8th, 2009 ROME - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived in Rome on a four-day visit on Tuesday to attend the G-8 summit.

July 8th, 2009 US to host nuclear security summit in MarchL'AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama is planning to host a nuclear security summit in Washington next March. Obama's deputy national security adviser, Mark Lippert, says Obama announced the summit during a dinner with leaders of the world's top industrial nations in Italy.

July 7th, 2009 Basketball court ready for Obama at G-8L'AQUILA, Italy — A summit held in a police barracks in a quake-stricken city may not provide Barack Obama with the luxury to which a U.S. president is accustomed.

July 7th, 2009 ROME - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Tuesday evening to participate in the G8-G5 summit being held in the earthquake-hit town of L'Aquila, about 100 km northeast of the Italian capital. The prime minister, accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur, was flown to L'Aquila town from the airport here in a helicopter.

June 15th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg Monday night to attend the first BRIC summit of Brazil, Russia, India and China and the summit of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He will also be meeting Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday, in the first high-level contact between India and Pakistan since the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

March 25th, 2009 STRASBOURG - The US decision to pump ever-larger sums into its economy is 'road to hell', Czech republic's Prime Minister and holder of the European Union's rotating presidency Mirek Topolanek said Wednesday. The US is repeating the mistakes of the 1930s and has chosen the 'road to hell' in the process, said the Czech prime minister, the morning after his government lost a vote of confidence by a narrow margin.