G20 finance chiefs open talks in Berlin
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The group of 20, G20, finance leaders of the richest, most powerful and emerging economies have begun discussions on a range of financial issues, with the weak dollar officially off the agenda but expected to dominate the meeting.
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Leaders from major industrial powers are in Germany for a G8 summit overshadowed by US-Russia tensions.
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The World Economic Forum &#151; the global business meeting that attracts world leaders and Hollywood stars &#151; opened Wednesday in Switzerland, where the weakening dollar, the rising euro and amazement at China's rapid growth were on many minds.
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German Finance Minister Eichel called for the euro&#39;s &quot;brutal&quot; rise versus the dollar to be put on the agenda of the summit of G20 countries in Berlin this weekend amid concerns the greenback&#39;s slide could hit EU growth.
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A meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the world&#39;s wealthy nations with Chinese counterparts on Oct. 1 will be a key opportunity to discuss
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Poverty in Africa, global economic growth and revaluation of China's currency were the issues expected to dominate a two-day meeting of top G7 finance ministers.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers gather on Germany's Baltic coast on Wednesday for a G8 summit likely to be dominated by U.S.-Russia tensions and wrangling over global warming.
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Worried soaring oil prices could  hurt the best global prospects in years, finance chiefs from  wealthy nations met on Friday to try to work out what lay  behind the surge and how to buffer the economic expansion.
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European officials, blaming US deficits for a surge in the euro, are unlikely to persuade Treasury Secretary John Snow to help support the dollar when the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers meet in Berlin.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair heads to Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with moves towards securing a new deal on tackling climate change top of the agenda.
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Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown hosts European leaders in London later on Tuesday for talks on global financial turmoil and efforts to detect and prevent a repetition.
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Gordon Brown is meeting his French, German and Italian counterparts to discuss the global economic turmoil.
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European officials are increasingly alarmed by the U.S. dollar's slump against the euro &#151; but they aren't likely to get help from the United States or Asian countries at the G-20 meeting of industrial and developing countries that opened Saturday.
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BERLIN  - Finance officials from the Group of 20 industrial and developing countries called Sunday for more flexible exchange rate practices in Asia, a step European officials believe might slow the euro's rapid rise.
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LONDON  - The euro steadied just below the 1.30 dollar mark as the markets positioned themselves for this weekend&#39;s G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Berlin.
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The dollar was a touch weaker against the euro on Monday, still under pressure after the meeting in Berlin of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers
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Finance chiefs from leading industrialized countries must bridge a transatlantic rift over how much of Iraq's foreign debt to write-off if they are to make progress toward a deal at a meeting this week.