Word: summiteer
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...summit •affectionate touching by Michelle Obama of Queen Elizabeth's back somehow manages to become the big story...
...night Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso left for this week's G-20 summit in London, he said at a news conference that he "intended to exert leadership" to bring about concrete, coordinated international efforts to fight the global economic crisis. Now that the summit is being heralded as a success - consensus was reached on plans to clean up banking systems and world leaders pledged more than $1 trillion to support impoverished countries - there's evidence that Japan's embattled Prime Minister may have had an impact...
...managed to avoid missteps during the highly public summit. He said that the G-20 sent "a robust message" by addressing issues such as the importance of fiscal policy and increased regulation of the markets - arguments he was making prior to the London conference. Japan also took the lead in an international effort to shore up the International Monetary Fund with an earlier pledge to provide the organization with up to $100 billion. The G-20 upped the contribution to $500 billion to help emerging countries that are in dire economic straits. "The IMF's fiscal foundation has been strengthened...
...summit, Japan backed calls by the U.S. for greater fiscal spending to combat the recession - moves opposed by leaders of several European countries including France and Germany, who fear that unchecked government spending will lead to rampant inflation. But Aso dismissed German Chancellor Merkel's caution about fiscal stimulus before heading to London. "The fact that he picked a fight with Merkel plays very well - like he's one of the big boys," says Gerald Curtis, a professor at Columbia University who has written extensively about Japanese politics. "He looks like a leader. Even though people are nervous about increasing...
...easier to refuse requests from Bush." The demonstrators hurled their bottles at riot police in central Strasbourg on Thursday afternoon before being dispersed by tear gas. Some things have not changed. While activists may take comfort in the arrival of the usual suspects to protest at the NATO summit, it won't help delegates find a sense of common purpose for the next decade...