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		<title>Critics: UN summit ends with &#8216;crumbs&#8217; in bid to reduce hunger in world with food for all</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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UN food summit ends with &#8216;crumbs&#8217; in hunger fight

ROME — The head of a U.N. food agency expressed regret Wednesday that an anti-hunger summit failed to result in precise promises of funding, and critics said the meeting had only thrown crumbs to the world&#8217;s 1 billion people without enough to eat.
The three-day summit at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critics say UN food summit is long on rhetoric and waste, short on help for world&#8217;s hungry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Critics say UN food summit wasteful, ineffective

ROME — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, blamed for plunging his people into starvation, used his platform as Tuesday&#8217;s opening speaker at the U.N. anti-hunger summit to decry what he called his neocolonialist foes.
Another longtime African strongman, Moammar Gadhafi, held another nightly soiree at a villa in the Italian capital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN food summit in Rome to focus on agricultural aid as way to fight world hunger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Demilio</dc:creator>
		
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UN summit to highlight need for agricultural aid

ROME — For the third time in less than a decade, a U.N. food summit will grapple with what so far has been an elusive goal — slashing the number of the world&#8217;s hungry.
Pope Benedict XVI will be among the opening speakers Monday, adding his moral authority to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s first lady makes rare public appearance, speech in Rome for UN hunger summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Iran&#8217;s first lady makes rare speech at Rome summit

ROME — Iran&#8217;s first lady made rare public appearance and even more rare, a speech, at a Rome forum on the eve of a U.N. summit to fight hunger beginning Monday.
The wife of Iranian Mahmoud Ahmadinejad almost never appears in public with her husband and is believed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asia-Pacific leaders outline new growth strategies, open trade; no new climate initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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APEC urges new growth model, climate pact progress
SINGAPORE — Open trade and people-centered strategies are key for sustained, stable growth, President Barack Obama and Asia-Pacific leaders said Sunday, pledging to persist with stimulus spending until a global recovery is assured.
The leaders wrapped up the annual meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Bringing APEC to Hawaii: summit of &#8216;flowered shirts and grass skirts&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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SINGAPORE — He couldn&#8217;t bring home the Olympics, but he&#8217;s nailed the funny shirt photo.
That&#8217;s one way to view President Barack Obama&#8217;s announcement that the United States will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii in 2011.
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		<title>Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Aung San Suu Kyi, other political prisoners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar&#8217;s junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face interaction with a top leader of the ruling military.
Obama delivered the strong message during his summit with leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuclear pact in sight, climate-change deal illusive</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuclear pact progress
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama said Sunday the United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on reducing nuclear arms ready for approval by year&#8217;s end, an announcement designed as an upbeat ending to a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders.
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		<title>In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuke pact in sight, climate-change deal illusive</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuke pact progress
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama said Sunday the United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on reducing nuclear arms ready for approval by year&#8217;s end, an announcement designed as an upbeat ending to a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders.
While publicizing progress with Russia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asia-Pacific leaders reject protectionism, call for ensuring balanced, inclusive growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean H. Lee</dc:creator>
		
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APEC leaders call for new growth strategies
SINGAPORE — Stimulus spending and other emergency measures have set the stage for global economic recovery, but nations must push ahead with free trade and investment to ensure growth, President Barack Obama and fellow Asia-Pacific leaders said Sunday.
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		<title>US, ASEAN expected to drop call for release of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijay Joshi</dc:creator>
		
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SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama and his Southeast Asian counterparts are expected to drop a call for Myanmar&#8217;s ruling generals to release political prisoners, including pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ahead of elections next year.
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		<title>US, ASEAN stop short of calling on Myanmar for Suu Kyi&#8217;s release, ask for credible elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijay Joshi</dc:creator>
		
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US, ASEAN fail to call for Suu Kyi&#8217;s release
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama and his Southeast Asian counterparts are expected to drop calls for Myanmar&#8217;s ruling generals to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners ahead of elections next year.
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		<title>Hugo Chavez invites ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro to meeting of ALBA trade bloc in Havana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to trade summit

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is inviting former Cuban leader Fidel Castro to next month&#8217;s meeting of the regional ALBA trade bloc being held in Havana.
Chavez says Castro is well enough to attend the conference in mid-December. Venezuela&#8217;s leftist leader dismissed persistent speculation that Castro&#8217;s health is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama steers 2011 Asia-Pacific summit meeting to his native Hawaii</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama: Hawaii to host Asian-Pacific summit in 2011
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama is steering some tourism trade and international attention to his native Hawaii in a couple of years.
The president said Sunday he will host the 2011 version of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Hawaii. Obama announced his plans at the current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Official: Leaders meeting in Asia agree that accord on climate change will take time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hutzler</dc:creator>
		
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US Official: Climate agreement will take time
SINGAPORE — A senior Obama administration official says world leaders agree that next month&#8217;s much-anticipated international summit on climate change will be a preliminary step that will require subsequent efforts to tackle global warming.
National security aide Michael Froman said Sunday that President Barack Obama and other leaders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rice where there was none: Kenyan irrigation shows gov&#8217;t investment can stem food shortages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Maliti</dc:creator>
		
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Kenya harvest example on reversing food shortage

AHERO, Kenya — Joram Abiero remembers it was not too long ago that his neighbors went to bed hungry.
Now they and thousands of others in the lowlands of western Kenya are able to get year-round work as farm laborers or earn money from their once-neglected rice paddies. The government&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN food chief stages hunger strike ahead of summit; sleeps on HQ floor in scarf, coat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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UN food chief stages hunger strike ahead of summit

ROME — The U.N. food chief said Saturday he was chilly but otherwise slept OK after his first night on a hunger strike to draw attention to the plight of the world&#8217;s hungry before next week&#8217;s U.N. food summit.
Jacques Diouf began the 24-hour strike at 8 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollar edges up after months of declines that had developing nations worried about exports</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tali Arbel</dc:creator>
		
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NEW YORK — The dollar edged up Thursday, breaking a decline that&#8217;s caused developing countries to worry that the sinking U.S. currency is making their exports expensive and threatening their fledgling economic recoveries.
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		<title>Draft declaration for UN food summit calls on world to back new strategy against hunger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ariel David</dc:creator>
		
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UN food summit to back new strategy against hunger

ROME — A draft declaration for next week&#8217;s U.N. food summit would commit world leaders to a new hunger-fighting strategy by pledging to increase agricultural development aid to help the world&#8217;s 1 billion hungry people feed themselves.
However, the draft obtained Thursday by The Associated Press does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama announces White House jobs summit in December, experts to discuss how to create new jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he&#8217;s organizing a wide-ranging White House jobs summit to &#8220;talk about how we can work together&#8221; to create jobs.
Obama said at the White House that a report Thursday showing fewer claims for jobless benefits is &#8220;a hopeful sign&#8221; but he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denmark sends out invitations to 191 world leaders to attend UN climate summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan M. Olsen</dc:creator>
		
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COPENHAGEN — Denmark&#8217;s premier sent invitations Thursday asking 191 world leaders to attend next month&#8217;s U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, saying their presence was &#8220;pivotal&#8221; to its success.
Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, will chair the Dec. 7-18 talks aimed at reaching a new global pact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNICEF says hunger causes stunted growth in early 200 million children around the world</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/unicef-says-hunger-causes-stunted-growth-in-early-200-million-children-around-the-world-226031/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children

ROME — Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger.
The head of a U.N. food agency called on the world to join [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN food agency chief calls for hunger strike to push leaders to act for world&#8217;s 1b hungry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ariel David</dc:creator>
		
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UN agency calls for global fast against hunger

ROME — The head of a U.N. food agency called on people around the world Wednesday to join him in a day of fasting to highlight the plight of undernourished people, whose ranks have surged past 1 billion in the global economic crisis.
Jacques Diouf, director-general of the Food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geithner says moves by Japan, China to spur domestic demand will lead to more stable growth</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/geithner-says-moves-by-japan-china-to-spur-domestic-demand-will-lead-to-more-stable-growth-225672/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Foster</dc:creator>
		
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Geithner encouraged by moves in Japan, China
TOKYO — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday he&#8217;s encouraged by efforts in Japan and China to spur domestic demand instead of relying so heavily on American consumers — a shift that will contribute to more stable global growth.
Geithner said he sees broad recognition among governments to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 countries vulnerable to climate change urge world leaders to commit to binding pact</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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Vulnerable countries urge world to cut emissions
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A group of 11 countries vulnerable to adverse effects of global warming urged world leaders Tuesday to reach a binding agreement at next month&#8217;s global conference on the issue.
The countries called on President Barack Obama and leaders of emerging economies such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Climate change to trigger more floods, droughts along China&#8217;s Yangtze River</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-climate-change-to-trigger-more-floods-droughts-along-chinas-yangtze-river-223943/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Report predicts extreme weather on China&#8217;s Yangtze
BEIJING — Rising temperatures over the next few decades will unleash storms, floods and drought across China&#8217;s Yangtze River Basin, a new report says, raising the prospect of catastrophe for a region that is home to nearly a third of the country&#8217;s population.
While ecosystems along China&#8217;s longest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollar slides vs major currencies after G-20 back ongoing stimulus; rates seen staying low</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Dollar slides after G-20 stimulus pledge
NEW YORK — The dollar slid Monday after the world&#8217;s leading economies agreed to keep stimulus measures intact for the time being.

The euro briefly pushed back up over $1.50 after finance ministers from the Group of 20 rich and developing countries steered clear from addressing the weakness of the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World stock markets get boost from G-20 stimulus pledge, dollar weakens against euro</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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World markets get G-20 boost while dollar slides

LONDON — World stock markets rose sharply Monday but the dollar fell after the Group of 20 rich and developing countries agreed to maintain their stimulus measures as long as economies remained weak.
The G-20 finance ministers pledged at a meeting in Scotland to &#8220;continue to provide support for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollar down again as G20 backs ongoing stimulus, IMF says dollar remains &#8216;on the strong side&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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Dollar down again as G20 backs ongoing stimulus

LONDON — The euro pushed back up above $1.50 Monday after finance ministers from the Group of 20 rich and developing countries steered clear from addressing the weakness of the U.S. currency against most of its competitors at a meeting over the weekend.
At the meeting in St. Andrews, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World stock markets get boost from G-20 stimulus pledge but dollar heads back down vs euro</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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World markets get G-20 boost while dollar slides

LONDON — World stock markets rose Monday and the dollar fell sharply against the euro after the Group of 20 leading rich and developing countries agreed to maintain their stimulus measures as long as economies remained weak.
At a meeting in Scotland, the countries&#8217; finance ministers pledged to &#8220;continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey says Sudan leader facing war-crimes charges won&#8217;t attend Istanbul summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Turkey: Indicted Sudan leader won&#8217;t attend summit

ISTANBUL — Turkey said Sunday that Sudan&#8217;s internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul.
Turkey had faced criticism for its planned welcome of al-Bashir, who is the first government leader to face international war-crimes charges.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese premier pledged $10 billion in loans, debt forgiveness to African nations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarek El-tablawy</dc:creator>
		
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Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — China&#8217;s premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in new low interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the beleaguered continent sorely needed cash while dismissing criticism that Beijing&#8217;s motives in Africa are far from altruistic.
Wen Jiabao&#8217;s promise at the start of a two-day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese premier offers softer side to Africa investment, says no political strings tied to aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarek El-tablawy</dc:creator>
		
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Chinese premier: Africa trade push is &#8217;selfless&#8217;

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — China&#8217;s premier stressed Saturday that his country&#8217;s push to boost already burgeoning trade ties with Africa was &#8220;sincere and selfless,&#8221; as the Asian powerhouse battled criticism its quest for natural resources was at the expense of the poverty-ravaged continent.
In a speech punctuated with terms like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G-20 finance officials pledge to maintain emergency support until recovery is assured</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Finance officials from rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change.
There was also a mixed reaction among the Group of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Treasury Secretary Geithner warns against putting brakes on crisis measures too early</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Geithner warns against putting brakes on stimulus

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned against putting the brakes on economic stimulus measures too quickly, saying that would weaken the economy.
In prepared remarks ahead of a Saturday news conference, Geithner says that &#8220;unemployment will rise, more businesses will fail, budget deficits will rise, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain calls for steps on insuring global financial system, action now on climate financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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Britain urges steps to insure financial system

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told finance ministers from the Group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British PM Gordon Brown calls for talks among G-20 on financial levy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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British PM calls for talks on finance levy

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for serious consideration of a levy on financial activity to help insure the banking system from another crisis.
Addressing finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations on Saturday, Brown said Britain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Treasury chief urges world officials to reach agreement on climate change costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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British treasury chief urges climate agreement

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world&#8217;s top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month.
Addressing finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: China offers Africa more trade and investment at key summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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China offers Africa more trade, investment

BEIJING — China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China&#8217;s commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.
The proposals outlined by Chinese Commerce Minister [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton to lead US delegation to anniversary of Berlin Wall&#8217;s fall, travel to Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Hillary Clinton to represent US at Berlin Wall
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will lead a U.S. delegation to Germany for next week&#8217;s 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the White House said Friday.
The White House announced a delegation to Monday&#8217;s ceremony that includes the U.S. ambassador to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G20 officials meet with recession easing, disagreements remain over stimulus, imbalances</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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G20 officials seek support for future growth

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The world&#8217;s top finance officials sought agreement Friday on ways to secure future global economic growth as the world hesitantly emerges from recession.
They also tried to make headway in stalled talks over tackling climate change, with a major global warming summit a month away.
British Treasury [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G20 finance officials face task of fulfilling pledge to lessen global trade, budget imbalances</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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G-20 officials to wrestle over economic imbalances

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Rifts among the world&#8217;s top financial officials are threatening to stymie their attempts to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over who bears the cost of fighting climate change.
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration convenes all-day summit to discuss issues facing American Indians</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is making good on a campaign promise to have a yearly summit with American Indians to hear their concerns.
Obama is to deliver opening and closing remarks Thursday for the meeting of members of his Cabinet and tribal leaders, the first such event since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Czech Euro-skeptic president signs the EU reform treaty, lifting its last obstacle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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PRAGUE — A charter designed to transform the 27 countries and half a billion people of the European Union into a more unified and powerful global player has passed its last major hurdle and looks set to become law within weeks.
Once that happens, the Lisbon Treaty will allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama hosting summit with European Union leaders at White House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — European Union leaders are looking for momentum on a global climate change deal out of a summit with President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
The White House meeting comes just a month ahead of a global meeting on climate change as world leaders negotiate a follow-on agreement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas, federal officials to discuss construction of proposed electric transmission lines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Kan., feds to meet on power lines construction

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas and federal energy policymakers will gather this week to discuss ways to remove barriers to the construction of electric transmission lines.
The meeting Tuesday in Lawrence will focus on issues related to the construction of proposed transmission lines from Kansas to Oklahoma. One is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe&#8217;s prime minister gets regional summit to address problems with unity government</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Zimbabwe: Regional summit set for Thursday

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe&#8217;s neighbors will hold a summit this week to try to break an impasse that threatens the southern African nation&#8217;s unity government, a spokesman for Zimbabwe&#8217;s prime minister said Monday.
President Robert Mugabe, accused by the premier of undermining the coalition, indicated he would be at the summit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian media says country open to nuclear discussion, but rejects heart of Western offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Slobodan Lekic</dc:creator>
		
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TEHRAN — Iran insists on simultaneously exchanging its low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel produced overseas, the state news agency said Friday, calling the demand a &#8220;red line&#8221; that will not be abandoned.
The condition undermines the basis of a U.N.-backed plan demanding Iran ship most of its uranium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU promises to pay its &#8216;fair share&#8217; into global climate fund, but sets no figure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aoife White</dc:creator>
		
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EU can&#8217;t agree on how much climate aid to give

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders failed to agree Friday on how much to give poorer nations to counter the effects of a warming climate — squandering the last chance that global greenhouse gas talks in December will produce real results.
EU leaders pledged to pay their &#8220;fair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU promises to pay its &#8220;fair share&#8221; into global climate fund, but sets no exact figure</title>
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BRUSSELS — European Union leaders on Friday pledged to pay their &#8220;fair share&#8221; into a euro50 billion ($74 billion) annual fund to help developing nations fight climate change — but didn&#8217;t agree on how much Europe would actually contribute.
Evironmentalists blasted the 27-nation bloc for failing to [...]]]></description>
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