G 20 Summit

Birth in Brazil

Ricki Lake | Posted 05.07.2012

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Ricki Lake

The cultural fear is so intense that many Brazilian women are terrified of experiencing even the slightest contraction and believe that a vaginal birth will damage their bodies irreparably. Secondly, the physicians and pediatricians do not practice in groups and must be on call for their private patients 24/7.

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Lost in Translation in Cannes

Sharan Burrow | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Financial Crisis, Cannes, Unions, g20, G20 Summit, G-20 Summit, World News
Sharan Burrow

Cannes, the glamorous French Riviera resort town with its seasonal influx of movie stars and streets lined with mansions, epitomizes the distance between the rich and poor. It is a strangely apt venue for a conference to pull the global economy up by its bootstraps.

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President Obama Speaks Live At G-20 Summit (VIDEO)

Posted 01.04.2012

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President Barack Obama is speaking live at the G-20 summit in Cannes, France. The European debt crisis and threat of Greece defaulting on its debt is ...

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PHOTOS: Protests Ahead Of G20 Summit In Cannes

Posted 01.02.2012

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Thousands of protesters have turned out in Nice ahead the sixth G20 summit, held this year in Cannes, France. Demonstrations have become a fixture pre...

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Can the G-20 Respond to Occupy Wall Street?

Nathan Gardels | Posted 01.01.2012

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Nathan Gardels

Once again the G-20 must act to prevent a devastating slide into a deep contraction, if not depression, and avoid a damaging retreat into protectionism and competitive devaluation.

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The G20 Summit and Occupy Wall Street

Philip Jennings | Posted 01.01.2012

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Philip Jennings

Eighty years ago, the Tin Pan Alley classic "Buddy, Have You Got a Dime?" was the crisis music of its time. Today the dollars have gone to the investment bankers who got off scot free, and there are no dimes for the 99 percent.

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A Message From the G50 to the G20: Women Must Be Included

Marylouise Oates | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, La Pietra Coalition, G-20 Summit, G-20, World News
Marylouise Oates

The people who met here deal with women's issues: slavery, land rights, access to finance, women as a weapon of war, maternal death, girls in education, to name a few. None of those are easy work.

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2011 Is the Year for Female Economic Empowerment

Marylouise Oates | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Women for Women International, U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Women's Rights, Clinton Global Initiative, G-20 Summit, La Pietra Coalition, White Ribbon Alliance, World News
Marylouise Oates

Over and over, participants agreed that "this is the time for financial inclusion for women." And they have some expert advice from within their ranks on how to pull this off.

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'Too Big To Fail Bank' Plans May Be Softened

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Stability Board, Top World Banks, G-20 Summit, Global Economy, World Banks, Economy, Business News

(By Gilbert Kreijger and Huw Jones) THE HAGUE/LONDON - Plans to impose extra safeguards on the world's top banks may be softened, a senior regulator ...

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2011: A Pivotal Year for Global Cooperation

John Lipsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Lipsky

2011 represents a pivotal year for the global economic recovery and for international policy cooperation -- as well as for the role of the Fund in addressing these two principal challenges.

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Nowhere Left to Run?

Mark Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Turkey, Black Ops, Germany, Sweden, G-20 Summit, Cia, Midterm Elections, Economic Crisis, Middle East, Berlin, Call to Duty, Istanbul, Obama, Swedish Democrats, G-20, Politics News
Mark Levine

It has been a strange political season. It began sitting in Istanbul with Swedish friends, digesting the news that the rabidly anti-immigrant Swedish ...

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G20: Profound And Complete Disappointment For The US Treasury

Baseline Scenario | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Early Friday I went through the G20 communique for the Wall Street Journal; a marked up copy is available on-line. It is hard to imagine how the summ...

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Quantitative What?! We Need the Gershwins!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fed, G-20 Summit, Wall Street, Economics, Economic Policy, Inflation, Economy, Great Recession, Quantitative Easing, Banks, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ben Bernanke, Fiscal Policy, Obama Administration, Business News
Rick Horowitz

Quantitative easing, Economy is slow, Quantitative easing, We need a booster. Print a lot of money So commerce starts to flow, Suddenly it's s...

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Obama: Strong US Economy Key To Global Recovery

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — Celebrating America's Veterans Day, President Barack Obama on Thursday saluted the bravery of U.S. troops who defended Sout...

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Obama Presses To Finish Trade Deal With South Korea

The New York Times | Sewell Chan | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House is intensifying negotiations with South Korea on revising a free-trade agreement negotiated by the Bush administration, ...

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Toronto Rises as the New Capital of Cool

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lauri Lyons

If your idea of Canada is dominated by maple syrup, hockey, flannel shirts or the G-20 Summit, it's time to discover Toronto as the new capitol of Cool.

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The G-8 and G-20: Translating Documents Into Action

Manisha Singh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Manisha Singh

The G-8 and newly relevant G-20 summit meetings generated a lot of documents. Documents which evaluate and discuss where we are and where we should be on a myriad of global development challenges.

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"With G-20 Influence... Comes G-20 Responsibility"

Mark V. Vlasic | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark V. Vlasic

The Group of Twenty (G-20), a world forum bringing established economic powers such as the United States and Japan together with emerging giants such ...

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Naomi Klein on "Left Jab" Lands a Punch!

David Goodfriend | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Goodfriend

Naomi Klein on "Left Jab" with Mark Walsh & David Goodfriend Sirius XM Radio, June 27, 2010 Mark Walsh: I think one of the things that's clearly top ...

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Why My Friend Got Arrested During the G20 Summit

Doug Sarro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Doug Sarro

What made these police officers -- people we assume are in their ordinary lives and work generally rational people -- take leave of their senses and arrest people like Mark Donald?

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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DK Matai

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G-20 Leaders Pledge To Halve Deficits By 2013

AP | TOM RAUM and ROB GILLIES | Posted 05.25.2011

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TORONTO — Wary of slamming on the stimulus brakes too quickly but shaken by the European debt crisis, world leaders pledged Sunday to reduce gov...

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G-20 Protests: Police Arrest Hundreds In Toronto

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 05.25.2011

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TORONTO — Police raided a university building and rounded up hundreds of protesters Sunday in an effort to quell further violence near the G-20 ...

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Play by Play at the G-8 and G-20

Philip Radford | Posted 05.25.2011

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Philip Radford

World leaders are gathering today to discuss several topics, including how to implement their commitment at their last meeting to phase out fossil fuel subsidies worldwide.

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Expect G-20 Leaders To Clash Over Global Recovery

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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HUNTSVILLE, Ontario — Fresh from a congressional win on a financial overhaul, President Barack Obama pressed world leaders on Friday to join him...

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