Harper misses G20 ‘family photo’ because he was…

G20 leaders pose for  a group photo  at the G20 Summit in  the Excel centre in London, Thursday, April 2, 2009. They are from left, to right, back row Director General of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.Director General of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy, Chairman of ASEAN, Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, new partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Meles Zenawi, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso, President of the European Council Mirek Topolanek, Financial Stability representative Mario Draghi, and President of the World Bank Robert Zoellick. Middle row left to right. EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, South African President Kgalema Motlanthe,Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Front row left to right, Korean President Lee Myung-bak, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal,  China's President Hu Jintao, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, and Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner. The objective of the London Summit is to bring the world's biggest economies together to help restore global economic growth through enhanced international coordination. (AP)

Oooops, poo time. :)

Harper misses G20 group photo

CTV – Forget the economy, the big question Thursday at the G20 summit is: Where was Prime Minister Stephen Harper for the group photo?

Was he really, as he claims, being briefed by his officials on the draft G20 communique?

Or was he de-briefing himself “in the loo?” as first reported by the BBC.

Because Harper missed the group picture, the whole routine had to be restaged about an hour later.

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6 Comments for “Harper misses G20 ‘family photo’ because he was…”

  1. There is no mystery to Stephen Harper’s absent. There is a very logical explanation. Our PM has attained supernatural power. Yes, he has become the Invisible Man!

  2. lawrence wong

    you know these photos are not very professional people are standing in different directions and gesturing and all that. one guy is buttoning his jacket. harper is looking at a different camera and so are several other leaders.
    did SN take this photo? ok where is the official one. is this as good as it gets when you get 20 world leaders to take a photo.

  3. sn

    i wish! but no, i wasn’t there to take this picture.

    these two are the official ones sold by AP :)

  4. lawrence wong

    how much you had to pay $2 each?

  5. lawrence wong

    with harper in it , it costs more?

  6. sn

    yes, with harper in it, 2 cents more

    hor hor hor

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