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| Obama to meet Brown on UK visit | Obama to meet Brown on UK visit |
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| White House hopeful Barack Obama will hold talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown after flying into London. | White House hopeful Barack Obama will hold talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown after flying into London. |
| The Democrat presidential candidate is on the final part of the European leg of his world tour. | The Democrat presidential candidate is on the final part of the European leg of his world tour. |
| Mr Obama will also meet Conservative leader David Cameron and former prime minister Tony Blair while in the UK. | Mr Obama will also meet Conservative leader David Cameron and former prime minister Tony Blair while in the UK. |
| He has already visited Germany, where he gave a keynote foreign policy speech in Berlin, and France where he met President Nicolas Sarkozy. | He has already visited Germany, where he gave a keynote foreign policy speech in Berlin, and France where he met President Nicolas Sarkozy. |
| Mr Obama was greeted in the UK by the American ambassador and his wife, Robert and Maria Tuttle, before being taken to a central London hotel. | Mr Obama was greeted in the UK by the American ambassador and his wife, Robert and Maria Tuttle, before being taken to a central London hotel. |
| Presidential election | Presidential election |
| While in Paris, Mr Obama said Iran should not wait for the next US president to be elected before resolving its dispute with the West. | While in Paris, Mr Obama said Iran should not wait for the next US president to be elected before resolving its dispute with the West. |
| Barack Obama arrives in London | |
| The Illinois senator said Tehran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its "illicit nuclear programme". | The Illinois senator said Tehran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its "illicit nuclear programme". |
| Iran insists its nuclear campaign is peaceful. | Iran insists its nuclear campaign is peaceful. |
| Mr Obama's tour has also taken in the Middle East where he visited Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories. | Mr Obama's tour has also taken in the Middle East where he visited Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories. |
| After the UK, Mr Obama will return to the US where he faces Republican John McCain - who visited Number 10 in March - in November's presidential election. | After the UK, Mr Obama will return to the US where he faces Republican John McCain - who visited Number 10 in March - in November's presidential election. |