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Politics › G-7 vows united efforts to combat global recession, avoid protectionism

The Group of Seven financial chiefs renewed their pledge Saturday to fight the global recession together as they expect the ongoing slump to persist through… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sat, Feb 14 2009

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