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Brazil's President Lula speaks on mobile phone at start of briefing in Sapporo
08 Jul 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Brazil's President Lula da Silva speaks on a mobile phone at the start of a briefing after a meeting with China's President Hu Jintao, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, July 8, 2008. All five, which China's President Hu Jintao said account for 42 percent of the world's population and 12 pct of global GDP, will attend the final day of the Group of Eight (G8) Hokkaido Toyako on Wednesday, when climate change will top the agenda. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (JAPAN)
REUTERS/VIVEK PRAKASH


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