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G8 summit opens in Canada's Muskoka

Other News Materials 25 June 2010 22:11 (UTC +04:00)
The annual Group of Eight (G8) summit opened here Friday in Canada's Muskoka region, with leaders of the world's eight major industrialized countries set to discuss key challenges related to development and international peace and security.
G8 summit opens in Canada's Muskoka

The annual Group of Eight (G8) summit opened here Friday in Canada's Muskoka region, with leaders of the world's eight major industrialized countries set to discuss key challenges related to development and international peace and security, Xinhua reported.
  
The Muskoka 2010 G8 summit, with the theme of "Recovery and New Beginnings," gathered British Prime Minister David Cameron, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and U.S. President Barack Obama.
  
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy also joined the meeting, representing the European Union, which has enjoyed observer status since 1977.

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