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G 20 Summit

Africa's Seat at the Table

President Abdoulaye Wade | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

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President Abdoulaye Wade

Battling global warming, the economic crisis, food and energy shortages, and AIDS and malaria requires co-partners, not post-colonial relationships.

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Criminalizing Twitter

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.12.2009 | Media

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Matt Osborne

Re-tweeting is hardly "criminal use of a communication facility;" it's built into the architecture of the website. Elliot Madison was using Twitter exactly as it was designed and intended to be used before he was arrested.

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Time to Stop the Regulatory Circus and to Steer the Ship to Safe Ground

Georges Ugeux | Posted 10.08.2009 | Home

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Georges Ugeux

The real issue for regulators around the globe is a serious definition of the financial world we want to live in. The current focus nearly exclusively on the banking sector could cause authorities to miss the broader picture.

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Elliot Madison Accused Of Using Twitter To Tweet Police Actions At G-20 Protests

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — A self-described New York City anarchist has been accused of tweeting the location of police officers to protesters trying to evade t...

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A Surprisingly Successful G-20 Summit

Georges Ugeux | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

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Georges Ugeux

This year, President Obama drove a very different agenda -- one focused on discussing how the world can form global governance and cooperate to stimulate the ailing economies.

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Letting Our Actions Speak

Bob McKinnon | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

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Bob McKinnon

Every generation makes an implicit promise to leave their children a better world than they themselves inherited. In America, we have been fortunate to make good on that promise for almost three hundred years.

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Much Ado About Almost Nothing

Michael Brenner | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

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Michael Brenner

That's it, folks -- there ain't no more from the G-20 summit. The blood oaths of November and April to tackle head-on the practices that brought us to the brink of disaster are evidently gone with the wind.

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The G20: Rebooting the System

Ann Pettifor | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

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Ann Pettifor

To help the poor of the world, the G-20 shuffled the deckchairs on the board of the IMF. No doubt this will cheer up those families in drought-stricken Kenya whose babies were snatched by starving hyenas.

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Best G-20 Pittsburgh Photos (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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The HuffPost has compiled the best photographs from the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh taking place September 24 and 25, 2009. Vote on your favorite...

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Ahmadinejad: Obama, You Are Making A "Mistake" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told TIME that President Obama should back off on his pressure to force Iran to disclose all its nuclear activit...

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Enforcing the Rule of Trade Law

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

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Leo W. Gerard

The USW is in solidarity with Chinese and Indonesian workers who suffer abuse at the hands of their employers. It is governmental policies that injure us both and that we oppose. China cheats.

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Obama, Brown Meet At G-20 After Rumors Of A "Snub"

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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Gordon Brown has met with US President Barack Obama to discuss several "big issues" including claims Iran has built a second uranium plant....

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Obama Iran Nuclear Speech At G-20 (TEXT)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain opened the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh this morning and accused Iran of building a secret n...

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Obama Speech On Iran Nuclear Facility (LIVE VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain will address the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh this morning and accuse Iran of building a sec...

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Obama: Iran Has Secret Nuclear Facility

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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PITTSBURGH — Backed by other world powers, President Barack Obama declared Friday that Iran is speeding down a path to confrontation and demande...

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Brian Todd, CNN Reporter, Tear Gassed While Covering Protesters At G-20 Summit In Pittsburgh (VIDEO)

Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

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CNN reporter Brian Todd got tear gassed while covering the protests at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh. According to the AP, several hundred pro...

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G-20 Summit: World Leaders Arrive In Pittsburgh (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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The leaders of the world's largest economies descended in Pittsburgh, PA Thursday to kick off the G-20 summit. Here's your chance to get to know your ...

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G20 PROTESTS: Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Protester (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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Protesters have taken to the streets of Pittsburgh in opposition to the Group of 20 summit taking place Thursday and Friday. The protests turned vio...

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G20 Protesters Ordered To Stop March By Pittsburgh Police

AP | DANIEL LOVERING and MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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PITTSBURGH — Police fired canisters of pepper spray and smoke and rubber bullets at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit Thursday after an...

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Power Shift, the Stunning Rise of the G20

Barry D. Wood | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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Barry D. Wood

In the span of just ten months, key developing countries have accomplished what they could not achieve in the previous half a century: They have shouldered aside the staid 7 nation club to take a seat at the table.

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How Michelle Obama Will Entertain The G-20 Wives: Teresa Heinz Kerry's Farm, Andy Warhol Museum, And Yo-Yo Ma

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 11.24.2009 | Style

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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH - First lady Michelle Obama is taking on a new role as international hostess when she welc...

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Obama At G-20 To Ask For More Economic Balance

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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PITTSBURGH — As police clashed with protesters in the streets, world leaders on Thursday closed ranks on pay limits for bankers whose risky beha...

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G20: Biggest Challenge Facing Rich Nations In Pittsburgh Will Be World's Poor

GlobalPost | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

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BOSTON -- As G20 leaders snake their way to Pittsburgh from all corners, they face very different circumstances from 12 months ago when the possibilit...

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The Great Recession: It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Robert L. Borosage

The president should make it clear to the leaders in Pittsburgh that the measure of a recovery is that people are back at work, and that wages are rising once more. Hold off on the party. There is no recovery without jobs.

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