G8 leaders urged North Korea to dismantle its nuclear and missile development plan in a statement on Sunday. Leaders took photos in front of the Constantine Palace, St. Petersburg. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President of France Jacques Chirac, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President George W. Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Taneli Vanhanen, and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso (left to right) attended.
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