Obama wraps up foreign tour with London visit

By Caren Bohan LONDON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama, on a tour abroad where he has got a rock star reception, will wrap up his trip on Saturday with talks in London on the Middle East conflict, Iran and Afghanistan. On earlier legs of his trip, Obama drew a crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin and elicited effusive praise from French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris. But the Democratic White House contender's visit to Britain is likely to be more low-key. Obama will have breakfast with former Prime Minister Tony Blair, now a Middle East peace envoy. He then meets Blair's successor, Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street and holds a news conference. His final meeting is with opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron, a possible future prime minister whose party enjoys a... [read full story]                    

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