World leaders gather for working dinner at G-20 summit

October 8th, 2009 BEIJING - About 300 representatives from over 170 media outlets around the world gathered in Beijing to discuss the shifts and challenges in the industry at the World Media Summit that began Friday. The opening ceremony of the summit was held at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing.

October 6th, 2009 BEIJING - Heads of media organisations worldwide will gather in the Chinese capital for a unique summit Oct 8-10. The World Media Summit, with the theme "Cooperation, Action, Win-Win and Development", will be attended by officials from major media organisations including news agencies, newspapers, magazines, radio, television broadcasters and online sites.

September 26th, 2009 Obama, first lady watch daughter Malia play soccerWASHINGTON — After a week of meetings with world leaders, President Barack Obama is enjoying some family time. Obama left the White House on Saturday morning for a soccer field in northwest Washington where his 11-year-old daughter Malia was playing soccer.

September 25th, 2009 Obama: G-20 summit in Pittsburgh was fairly calmPITTSBURGH — President Barack Obama says the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh was relatively tranquil and protesters should realize that world leaders are trying to shape a global economy that helps poor people. Obama told reporters Friday that previous world summits drew far more protesters than the several thousand who clashed with police this week in Pittsburgh.

September 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama moves from one summit of world leaders to another Thursday. The early part of the day is devoted to meetings in and around the United Nations General Assembly.

September 24th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - As G20 leaders converged here for their third summit, a major consensus that has emerged is economies like India have a key role to play in restoring normalcy in the global financial system and to overcome the current economic downturn. While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has already said India had much to offer in terms of finding a solution to the financial crisis, US President Barack Obama feels America alone cannot resolve all problems and there must be a global consensus.

September 24th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived on Thursday here to participate in the G-20 summit amid tight security arrangements.

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 PITTSBURGH - As the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies gather here Thursday to review their efforts to stem global recession, India is expected to pitch for a more proactive role in the management of the global economy. As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who arrives here put it before embarking for the summit, "It is necessary for India to engage in the management of the world economy because we have a lot at stake, and a lot to contribute." He will also "convey India's interest in seeing the earliest possible return to trend growth and stabilisation of the banking and financial sectors in the advanced economies, because this directly affects our exports, capital inflows and investment." Having weathered the global meltdown much better than others, a confident India is also expected to seek reform of international financial bodies and forcefully oppose all forms of protectionism that may affect global economic recovery.

August 21st, 2009 Pittsburgh approves permit for G-20 rallyPITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh has approved a permit for a protest rally the day before the Group of 20 economic summit and has picked two locations for protesters to gather when the world's economic leaders meet next month. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl isn't identifying the locations, saying details still must be worked out with the Secret Service.

July 8th, 2009 L'AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama has arrived in the quake-ravaged Italian town of L'Aquila as the first Group of Eight summit of his presidency opened. Obama was greeted by host Silvio Berlusconi at the summit at a walled-off police academy where leaders of eight industrialized nations will hold their three-day meeting.

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 7th, 2009 Berlusconi: G-8 divided on IranL'AQUILA, Italy — The leaders of Group of Eight countries have yet to forge a common position on Iran's violent crackdown on post-electoral protests, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday on the eve of the summit. Berlusconi, who chairs the gathering of world leaders opening Wednesday, noted that some countries, such as France, were calling for tougher action against Tehran, while others, such as Russia, favored a softer stance to keep dialogue open.

June 16th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Brazil will next year host the second summit BRIC that also includes Russia, India and China, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced here Tuesday. Building upon the success of the first BRIC summit held in this Russian industrial city Tuesday, the BRIC leaders decided to take steps to promote "dialogue and cooperation among themselves in an incremental, proactive, pragmatic and transparent way".

May 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies including India will gather in Pittsburgh, an icon of America's economic renewal, Sep 24-25 for the next G-20 summit. President Barack Obama will host leaders from 20 countries which represent 85 percent of the global economy to discuss ways of recovering from the global economic and financial crisis, the White House announced Thursday.