By Matt Spetalnick and Doug Palmer
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak presented a united front to North Korea on Tuesday, saying Pyongyang must abandon its nuclear weapons program and will not be rewarded for provoking a crisis.
With Lee at his side in the White House Rose Garden, Obama said [...]

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By Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press
 
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff were holed up at 24 Sussex Dr. late Tuesday, holding a second round of discussions aimed at staving off a rare summer election.
The post-dinner tete-a-tete followed an earlier hour-long meeting Tuesday in the prime minister’s Langevin Block office across [...]

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Moscow – The “age of empires has ended” and the “international capitalist order is retreating,” declared a beaming Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday, speaking in the Siberian city of Yekaterinburg before an audience that included the top leaders of Russia, China, and India.
Experts are debating why Iran’s controversial president chose to address the summit of the [...]

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By  PAUL JUMA and Agencies
In Summary
George, 27, was in the news when a McCain backer accused Obama of neglecting him
A memoir by George Obama, US President Barack Obama’s half-brother who lives in Huruma, Nairobi, is set to be published.
The book, tentatively titled Homeland, which gives the life story of George, will be published by Simon [...]

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Raila to rally support for Alston in Geneva
By BERNARD NAMUNANE and LUCAS BARASA
In Summary
PM differs with Africa Group and says those lobbying for censure are “hypocrites”
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has differed with an African diplomatic lobby which has accused Rappoteur Philip Alston of violating the UN code of conduct while investigating illegal executions in Kenya.
Mr [...]

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