U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.  REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown regard Iran's detention of British embassy staffers after the country's disputed presidential election as "unacceptable," their aides said on Thursday.

"The president expressed solidarity on Iran, where both leaders were clear that the detention of embassy staff by the Iranian authorities was unacceptable," the White House and Downing Street said in a joint statement after the two leaders held talks at the G8 summit in Italy.

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