(NSI News Source Info) LONDON - April 2, 2009: Prime Minister Stephen Harper was an unexpected no-show this morning at the "family photo" of the Group of 20 leaders. 
Summit host British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, front row centre, stands with the other G20 leaders during a group photo at the G20 Summit in the Excel centre in London, Thursday, April 2, 2009.
Harper was slated to stand on the far right flank of the traditional summit picture, next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
But as the leaders of the major industrialized and developing countries -- including U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese President Hu Jintao and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- joked and chatted through a minor delay, the Canadian prime minister failed to appear. The group finally broke up without Harper getting in the frame.
A spokesman for the prime minister said Harper was getting briefed by his officials on revisions to the draft G20 communique, and he returned to the fray moments after the group photo was taken.
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