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08 Jul 2009 16:14

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World: Peace signs are, like, all the rage over at the G8 in L’Aquila, Italy

It seems that Malia Obama accidentally on purpose decided to pack this shirt for her family’s trip to the G8 summit. Cue: world peace. source
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02 Apr 2009 10:12

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Biz, U.S., World: Five quick highlights from inside the G20 summit

  • Steps are being taken to make sure countries avoid protectionism with funds. source
  • Countries are hashing out details on the level of regulation of global financial institutions. source
  • Some countries want everyone to agree on regulating tax havens, such as Hong Kong. source
  • A bunch of money – $100 billion more – is being put aside to help world trade. source
  • Obama said the U.S. would not be a “voracious consumer market” again. source
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01 Apr 2009 22:33

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Biz, World: The key chant by G20 protesters as they trashed RBS

  • These streets, our streets! These banks, our banks!
  • Mob of protesters • As they were ganking a Royal Bank of Scotland location in London during the G20 summit and drawing attention from media sources all over the world. That’s one way to make yourself heard, guys. Wait a second? Isn’t Barack Obama in town? Holy crap! • source
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