Washington Post re-prints misleading photo of Obama at G8

Your liberal media at work. Via Media Matters.

L'Aquila residents to get Obama furniture

A tad ostentatious, but at least the furniture will end up doing good.

L'AQUILA, Italy, July 12 (UPI) -- Furniture used by Group of Eight leaders at the summit in L'Aquila, Italy, will go to residents displaced by April's earthquake, Italian officials said.

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Italy moved the G8 summit to L'Aquila from Sardinia where it was originally scheduled. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he moved the summit to keep the spotlight on L'Aquila.

Almost as soon as the summit ended, officials opened the old police barracks used by the G8 leaders to curious residents and tourists. Hundreds were interested in seeing the bedroom used by President Barack Obama, as well as the temporary basketball court installed especially for him, officials said.

Some people still living in a tent camp since the earthquake were angry at the comparatively luxurious lodgings created for the leaders, the report said.

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Raw Video: Obama Arrives in Italy for G8

So much for my speculation on the "high waisted" dresses. Michelle looks fab.

Obama to meet the pope while in Italy for G8

Gah, another stupid non issue for the media to get all frothy about. Anyone know if PP2 or this one ever jumped all over Bush for pre-emptive war and the death of hundreds of thousands?

VATICAN CITY— A Vatican spokesman says Pope Benedict XVI and President Barack Obama will hold a much-anticipated meeting at the Vatican on July 10.

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Such meetings in the afternoon are unusual for the tradition-conscious Vatican. It is a sign of Benedict's interest in meeting the new American president despite his support for abortion rights and stem-cell research, which the Vatican opposes.

The Vatican has been seeking common ground with Obama, although some American Catholic bishops have been hostile to his administration.

Bush to Canada's Prime Minister: "Yo, Harper!"

By GottaLaff

Our eloquent president does it again. The guy's all class:

U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday kept up his tradition of informal relations with fellow world leaders by summoning Prime Minister Stephen Harper with a brusque "Yo Harper!"

Bush and Harper, a rather stiff and shy figure, are in northern Japan for a summit of leaders of the Group of Eight major industrialized countries.

Television footage of a G8 lunch with African leaders showed Bush talking to Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua and saying "Yo Harper! The president of Nigeria."

At a G8 summit in 2006, Bush landed ally Tony Blair in some trouble by calling out "Yo Blair!"