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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (R) is greeted by Rome’s Mayor Gianni Alemanno during her visit with the wives of G8 and G5 leaders at the Capitolini Museum in Rome July 8, 2009. Leaders of G8 and G5 countries are attending a summit in the city of L’Aquila July 8-10. ——REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico

(L to R) Rome’s mayor’s wife Isabella Rauti, Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala, US First Lady Michelle Obama and wife of EU Commission chief, Margarida Barroso chats during a visit to the Capitoline museum on July 8, 2009 in Rome. The visit was organized on the sidelines of a G8 summit in L’Aquila.
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U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at Quirinale palace to meet Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome July 8, 2009. Obama arrived in Italy on Wednesday to attend the G8 summit.
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U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to meet Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at Quirinale Palace in Rome July 8, 2009. Obama arrived in Italy on Wednesday to attend the G8 summit.
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Rome’s mayor Gianni Alemanno (C) is flanked by First Ladies including US Michelle Obama (5th-R) during a visit to the Capitoline museum on July 8, 2009 in Rome. The visit was organized on the sidelines of a G8 summit in L’Aquila.
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L’AQUILA, ITALY – JULY 08: : US President Barack Obama (L) and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) greet one another at the Guardia Di Finanza School of Coppito on July 8, 2009 in L’Aquila, Italy. World leaders attending the G8 summit are expected to discuss tackling world hunger and the global reduction of greenhouse gases.
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US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the start of the Group of Eight (G8) summit in L’Aquila, central Italy, on July 8, 2009. Group of Eight leaders kick off talks today on issues ranging from the global financial crisis to climate change to the situations in Iran and Xinjiang, China.
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US President Barack Obama (L), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) speak during the Group of Eight (G8) summit in L’Aquila, central Italy, on July 8, 2009. Group of Eight leaders kick off talks today on issues ranging from the global financial crisis to climate change to the situations in Iran and Xinjiang, China.
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US President Barack Obama (R) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) speak during the Group of Eight (G8) summit in L’Aquila, central Italy, on July 8, 2009. Group of Eight leaders kick off talks today on issues ranging from the global financial crisis to climate change to the situations in Iran and Xinjiang, China.
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US President Barack Obama (R) and Libyan Leader Moamer Kadhafi shake hands during the Group of Eight (G8) summit in L’Aquila, central Italy, on July 9, 2009. Group of Eight leaders grappled at a summit in Italy with reining in unprecedented government support for their economies as divergences emerged over whether their economies were ready.
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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) tours the earthquake-hit Italian town of Onna with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, near the site of the annual G8 Summit in L’Aquila July 8, 2009.
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U.S. President Barack Obama’s youngest daughter Sasha, 8, is accompanied by an unidentified woman (R) while leaving the Giolitti gelato (ice cream) parlour in central Rome July 8, 2009. Leaders of G8 and G5 countries are attending a summit in the city of L’Aquila July 8-10.
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Malia Obama, at left wiith dark glasses and shorts, daughter of President Barack Obama, is photographed as she leaves the Giolitti Ice Cream parlour, in downtown Rome, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. Malia and her sister Sasha had a go at making their own blackberry and banana Italian “gelato” Wednesday, with veteran ice-cream maker Nazareno Giolitti, as President Obama attended the G8 (Group of Eight) meeting in L’Aquila central Italy with other world leaders. Youth at right is unidentified.
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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (2nd L) waves as she leaves with her daughters Malia (3rd R) and Sasha (2nd R) at the Colosseum in Rome July 8, 2009.
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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (L) waves as she leaves with her daughters Malia (2nd R) at the Colosseum in Rome July 8, 2009. —————–REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito

Sasha Obama (R), the daugher of US President barack Obama leaves after visiting the Pantheon with her mother Michelle and sister Malia (both not pictured) on July 9, 2009 in Rome. Michelle Obama and her daughters visited the day before the Roman Colosseum while US President Barack Obama was attending a G8 summit in Aquila.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama (2D-R) and her daughter Malia (4TH-R) leave the Pantheon during a visit to the oldest large-scale dome of Rome on July 9, 2009. Michelle Obama and her daughters visited the day before the Roman Colosseum while US President Barack Obama was attending a G8 summit in Aquila.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama, in black dress at right with her eldest daughter Maila, in yellow top, walk past towering stone columns and unidentified security personnel, as they leave after a visit of Rome’s ancient Pantheon, Thursday, July 9, 2009. After her return to Rome from L’Aquila, central Italy, Michelle Obama and her daughters, took a private, 30-minute tour of the Pantheon, the well-preserved ancient Roman monument with massive concrete dome in the heart of Rome. Obama and other first spouses toured the center of L’Aquila earlier Thursday to see the destruction wrought by an earthquake in the Italian city hosting world leaders this week for the Group of Eight summit.
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