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Monday, June 18, 2012

Global NEWS - Mexico, Greece and Egypt

L-R: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russia - President Barack Obama, USA

G-20 Summit
SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico (AP) - President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin need one another, an uncomfortable truth for the superpower leader facing a tough re-election and the newly elected Russian leader who is deeply suspicious of the United States.

The two men will use their meeting Monday, the first since Putin returned to Russia's top job, to claim leverage. Much of the rest of the Group of 20 economic meeting will be devoted to the European fiscal crisis and the fate of Greece as a part of the euro zone.
"I expect that it will be a candid discussion, it will get down to business," White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said ahead of the lengthy morning meeting between Obama and Putin.
"We'll be able to sustain cooperation in some areas, we'll have differences in other areas, and we'll work to try to bridge those differences."  MORE
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ATHENS, GREECE - New Democracy leader Antonis Samaris called the result a victory for all of Europe.

"Today the Greek people expressed their will to stay anchored with the euro, remain an integral part of the euro zone, honor the country's commitments and force their growth," he said.  MORE
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EGYPT - Mohammed Mursi, 61, Freedom and Justice Party (founded by the Muslin Brotherhood) wave recognizing victory won in Sunday's election as the next leader of Egypt.
The Muslim Brotherhood's party declared on Monday that its candidate Mohamed Morsy had won Egypt's first free presidential election, beating Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafik and ending a tradition of rule by presidents plucked from the military.   MORE

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