Chinese President, other BRICS leaders meet in Cannes ahead of G20 summit

  CANNES, France  —  Chinese President Hu Jintao and leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa met Thursday in Cannes, France, ahead of the Group of 20 (G20) summit. The leaders of the five countries, or BRICS, were expected to exchange views on strengthening cooperation within the grouping and protecting interests of other developing […]

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Chinese, Russian Presidents meet in Cannes

  CANNES, France  —   Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev here Thursday to discuss further development of the China-Russia strategic cooperative partnership and exchange views on major world and regional issues of common concern. The two leaders met on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of 20 (G20), which […]

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Obama Calls for Detailed Europe Plan

  CANNES, France  —  U.S. President Barack Obama said world leaders need to “fully and decisively” work out the details of Europe’s strategy to resolve its growing debt crisis. “The [European Union] has made some important steps toward a comprehensive solution,” Mr. Obama said in a statement after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. […]

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Obama Meets with European Leaders on Debt Crisis

  CANNES  —  President Barack Obama has arrived in France for the G20 economic summit.  Europe’s debt crisis is adding urgency to the gathering and to the president’s Thursday meetings with European leaders. President Obama arrived in Cannes with Europe’s debt problems on his mind. The crisis, which spread from Greece, is likely to dominate […]

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Sarkozy, Obama push for financial crisis solution

  CANNES, France  — Europe’s debt drama dominated talks among leaders of the Group of 20 leading economies Thursday, with Greece’s government facing potential collapse and European leaders admitting that the eurozone may face losing its weakest member. President Barack Obama said the most important task at the G-20 summit is to resolve the European financial crisis and urged […]

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