After Snowden gets asylum, Obama cancels meeting with Putin

Washington: U.S. President Barack Obama is cancelling his planned meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled for next month in Moscow, an administration official said on Wednesday. [caption id=“attachment_1017899” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Obama and Putin at an earlier meeting. Agencies[/caption] The Obama administration has repeatedly expressed disappointment after Moscow granted asylum to former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, rejecting U.S. pleas to hand him over to face espionage charges. Reuters