HIGHLIGHTS: World leaders head for G20 summit in London
Reuters – USA
“The London G20 must make progress toward a global strategy for economic recovery.” “The summit will be judged on one overarching outcome — whether leaders …
www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE52U5PZ20090331

OIL FUTURES: Crude Ends Higher But Capped By Inventories, G20
Wall Street Journal – USA
The economic slowdown will remain in focus later this week, as world leaders start to arrive in London for Thursday’s G20 meeting. …
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090331-715462.html

Russia, Germany Have Similar Expectations From G20 Mtg
Wall Street Journal – USA
Medvedev said he favors the creation of a modern foreign currency architecture which should also include the reserve currencies and that the G20 meeting …
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090331-714607.html

G20 draft adds momentum in climate diplomacy
Reuters – USA
LONDON (Reuters) – A draft statement which would confirm G20 leaders’ commitment to sign a new climate pact in December and support low-carbon growth drew …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUS123852097582

France May Walk Out of G-20 Summit, Lagarde Says
Bloomberg – USA
The French president urged the G-20 to begin a reform of “global capitalism” and said the forces resisting his push for international regulation are “very …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206
01085&sid=aOQK_7R_fqh8&refer=europe

Obama Seeks G-20 Accord That Includes Regulation of Tax Havens
Bloomberg – USA
“The G- 20 is looking at a number of different approaches.” The gathering in London is being held as the effects of a recession triggered by a crisis in …
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01087&sid=aAQ2mX1K37Lc&refer=home

Japan’s Stimulus Plan Aims at Voters and the G-20
BusinessWeek – USA
Calling for more stimulus spending now lets Tokyo plead with other countries at the G-20 summit to pour more money into their own economies.…
www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2009/gb200903
31_243354.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp
_global+business

France Hints at Leaving G-20 Summit
Wall Street Journal – USA
Ms. Lagarde’s office said Tuesday that she had intended to underline that Mr. Sarkozy is “highly determined” to achieve concrete results at the G-20 meeting …
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5376573879.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

World Bank warns of deep slowdown
BBC News – UK
The gloomy news comes as the world’s leaders are gathering in London for the G20 summit, aimed at co-ordinated action to counteract the downturn.…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7973707.stm

Geithner turnaround helps US at G20 meeting
Reuters – USA
Geithner and President Barack Obama hope they can use those measures as evidence of decisive US action as they press other G20 countries to come up with …
www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN3127144920090331

TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | G-20 Posturing
By Jon Taplin
So Mr. Taplin assumes that pretty much every world leader at the G20 will be posturing and spouting propaganda. What is then Obama supposed to“seriously” listen to? And could it be that the POTUS will also try to do some political …
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/31/g-20_posturing/

G-20 Sarkozy Walkout Threat: Barack Obama Conciliatory
By The Huffington Post News Editors
G-20 Sarkozy Walkout Threat: Barack Obama Conciliatory – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/31/g20-
sarkozy-walkout-threa_n_181373.html

Blythe McGarvie: G20 summit and the China viewpoint
By Blythe McGarvie
G20 summit and the China viewpoint – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/blythe-mcgarvie/
g20-summit-and-the-china_b_181382.html

The G-20 Faces the Global Econopocalypse, But It’s Nothing But a …
By Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus
The show masks a deep fear among the global elite that it really doesn’t know the direction in which the world economy is heading.
www.alternet.org/audits/134330/the_g-20_faces_the_global
_econopocalypse,_but_it’s_nothing_but_a_big_show/

G20 “Terrorist Plot” Exposed As Teenagers With Plastic Guns And …
By admin
Yesterday’s reports of a foiled terrorist plot in relation to the G20 protests in London have been scaled back after it was revealed that the house raided by police contained only plastic guns and fireworks.
www.prisonplanet.com/g20-terrorist-plot-exposed
-as-teenagers-with-plastic-guns-and-fireworks.html

Political Storm May Await as Obama Arrives in London for G20 …
Mar 31, 2009 … The president hopes to convince European allies during an eight-day trip that his young administration can improve the global economy and …
www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/
31/obama-heads-europe-pitch-economic-plan/

Obama and French on G-20 Collision Course – ABC News
Mar 31, 2009 … President Barack Obama embarks on his first overseas trip to London for the G20 summit to tackle a full agenda covering the economic crisis.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/story?id=7214176&page=1

Biden meets leaders ahead of G-20 summit – CNN.com
Five days before world leaders meet in England for the G-20 Summit, Vice President Joe Biden is attending a two-day conference in Chile that includes seven …
www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/
27/biden.chile.g20.london/index.html

Obama seeks strong message of unity at G20: report
President Barack Obama said in an interview published on Sunday that leaders of the G20 major global economies should send “a strong message of unity” on …
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090329/ts_nm/us_obama_g20