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Obama tries American-style campaign on Europe
STRASBOURG, France - Courting Europe with an American-style campaign, President Barack Obama on Friday talked up his plans -- popular here -- to eliminate nuclear weapons, close the Guantanamo Bay prison and tackle global warming.
Nations:Afghanistan France Pakistan Portugal Russia Spain People:Carla Bruni Nicolas Sarkozy Angela Merkel Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:2009 London G20 Summit U.S.-Europe
2009-04-03
Obama tries to rally world to cope with downturn
LONDON - President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to rally the world's top and emerging powers to help cope with a global economic downturn, saying, "We can only meet this challenge together."
Nations:Russia U.K. People:Dmitry Medvedev Gordon Brown Barack Obama George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:2009 London G20 Summit Global Financial Crisis U.S.-U.K. China-U.S.
2009-04-01
G-20 protesters jam downtown London, target banks
LONDON - Thousands have converged on central London to protest against the G-20 summit. Some demonstrators are trying to storm the Bank of England on a day that demonstrators have branded "Financial Fools Day."
Nations:U.K. Activities:2009 London G20 Summit Source:(AP)
2009-04-01
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