Global Political Cartoons: July 4 – July 10, 2009

Europe features large in this week’s political cartoons. We see President Obama and Russian President Medvedev try to flatter and dare each other into reducing their nuclear arsenals and this year’s G8 summit host, Italian president Silvio Berlusconi, appears to be preoccupied with his life outside of government. In other images, Sarah Palin has a plan to get to the White House and Barack Obama embraces his own plan to gradually withdraw from Iraq.

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Obama, Russia, and the G8

The World’s Gerry Hadden reports on European reaction to President Obama’s visit to Moscow. Obama headed straight to the G8 summit in Italy after his meeting with Russian President Medvedev.
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When Mr. Obama met Mr. Medvedev

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced agreements on goals for nuclear weapons cuts and transit rights for US planes headed to Afghanistan. They also talked about finding common ground and reducing their differences. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports.
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Entire program – July 2, 2009

Today on The World: Pakistan seals its border against Taliban fleeing a major U-S operation in Afghanistan, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he’s ready to begin a new relationship with the US, and Amsterdam’s big plans for a green future.
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