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crisis summit stories: 5 news summaries

 EU Meets Over 
 Economic Crisis 

Protectionism concerns weigh on leaders

Mar 1, 09 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - European Union leaders have begun an emergency meeting about the economic crisis amid fears of protectionism among nations, the BBC reports. The Brussels summit comes after French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would bail out France’s auto industry if it didn’t send jobs out of the country. “... More »

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European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • global economy • crisis summit • Mirek Topolanek

Developing Nations Get a Say in Economic Summit

Signals expanding of world power

Nov 15, 08 10:04 AM CST
(Newser) - When George Bush convenes his economic summit today, he’ll see some less familiar faces around the table. In what could signal a historic shift in global power, Bush hasn’t just invited the wealthy nations of the G-8 to this summit, but a wider Group of 20, including developing... More »

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diplomacy • global economy • crisis summit • summit • G20 • G-8

 France's 
 Finance Chief  
 to Play Key 
 Summit Role 

French finance minister takes center stage at G20 summit

Nov 14, 08 7:38 AM CST
(Newser) - This weekend's emergency G20 summit will bring together world leaders with very different ideas of how to fix the global economy. But while heads of state and government talk in front of the cameras, one woman will be key in building a consensus: Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister.... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • crisis summit • Christine Lagarde • G20

Analysis

 No. 44 
 Must Get to 
 Work Nov. 5 

Not since FDR has a transition been this urgent

Oct 27, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - America hasn’t been this eager for the new president to take over since FDR ousted Herbert Hoover, write John Brinsley and Edwin Chen for Bloomberg. Then, as now, an economic crisis heightened the urgency for a fast, smooth transition. And while Roosevelt rejected Hoover’s offers to work together... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • crisis summit • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • financial crisis

Toll Rises
to 250 in
Iraq Blasts

Massive attacks
against Kurds suggest spreading insurgency

Aug 15, 07 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials pushed the death toll of attacks on two Iraqi towns up to 250 today, as rescuers located more victims amid rubble. “It looks like a nuclear bomb hit the villages,” an officer told the New York Times of yesterday's blasts in an area populated by a... More »

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sectarian violence • Sunni • Kurds • Iraq death toll • Yazidi • crisis summit

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