G20 News Updates -- April 1, 2009

Photo: US President Barack Obama (R) and First Lady Michelle Obama walk down the steps of Air Force One after arriving at Stansted International Airport outside London. Obama arrived in London Tuesday ahead of the G20 economic summit, on his eagerly awaited first foray onto the global stage since he moved into the White House in January. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Obama Faces High-Stakes China, Russia Meetings -- Breitbart/AP

LONDON (AP) - Stepping onto the world stage for the first time in his two-month presidency, Barack Obama is holding face-to-face talks with the leaders of the two nations—Russia and China—most aggressively challenging the U.S. position atop the global order.

But first up for Obama was a sit-down with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the host of the London summit of the world's top 20 economies. The U.S. president and first lady Michelle Obama arrived Wednesday morning at 10 Downing Street, where Brown and his wife, Sarah, greeted them and the four smiled broadly.

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France, Germany not happy with G20 draft: Sarkozy -- Reuters
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