(6 Jul 2008)
New Chitose Airport, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Northern Japan
1. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walking down plane stairs; being greeted by officials
2. Wide of plane
3. Medvedev walking towards car
4. Wide of motorcade
5. Wide of Nigerian Air Force plane
6. Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua walking down plane stairs
7. Yar'Adua walking towards car
8. Zoom in South African President Thabo Mbeki walking down plane stairs; being greeted by officials
STORYLINE:
World leaders were arriving on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Sunday to attend the Group of Eight Summit of top industrialised countries, due to start on Monday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua and South African President Thabo Mbeki were the latest leaders to touch down in Japan.
Earlier Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, US President George W Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika arrived as part of the 22 world leaders meeting on the island.
Leaders from the G-8 countries - US, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada - will gather in the resort village of Toyako Hot Spring Village.
They will meet among themselves and with heads of African nations and rapidly developing countries such as China.
The world's top industrialised nations face pressing financial and environmental troubles at their annual summit on Monday, confronted with demands they reinvigorate the stumbling world economy, push ahead languishing climate change talks, and make good on pledges to battle poverty and hunger.
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