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Officials deny report of toast tiff for Harper in Brazil

SÃO PAULO — Talk of a diplomatic tiff is heating up Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Latin American tour, but officials insist everything is cool.

The Brazilian newspaper Folha reported Tuesday that Harper angered the country’s president and her aides Monday by locking himself in a bathroom until Brazilian officials agreed to hold staged toasts before lunch rather than after.

At lunch, journalists were told they would be allowed to cover the toasts before the meal began. But again they were barred from the room as Canadian officials frantically negotiated with the Brazilians. The journalists were finally rushed in just in time to catch the toasts.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1037104--officials-deny-report-of-toast-tiff-for-harper-in-brazil?bn=1

Late again! PM holds up G8



L'AQUILA – There were sunny smiles and laughter for the "family" photo of industrialized leaders and their poorer cousins, masking deeper divisions among the group.

In part, the laughter was prompted by the fact leaders were, once again, waiting for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to show up and take his place for the official photo prior to today's crucial meetings on climate change.

His late arrival at the London G20 photo op in April had prompted jokes about his having been in the "loo."

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/663271

Smoke. Fire? Seems like something is being hidden.