• BARACK OBAMA is set to meet Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, in Washington on Wednesday July 22nd. Discussion are sure to centre on the security situation in Iraq since American forces withdrew from the country's towns and cities last month, as part of a security pact that will see American troops withdraw for the country in 2011. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton, America’s secretary of state, is travelling to Thailand where she will attend a meeting of regional foreign ministers. The twin threats of swine flu and North Korea are sure to head the agenda.
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