Nov 26, 2008 4:10 am US/Pacific
Britain To Host Meeting On Financial Crisis
LONDON (AP) ―
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (unseen) at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on July 20, 2008.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says that the U.K. will host an April 2 meeting of the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging economies on the financial crisis.
Brown told lawmakers Wednesday that President-elect Barack Obama has said he will attend the talks.
The G-20 nations and four international organizations met for emergency talks in Washington on Nov. 14-15.
Leaders said they needed a summit early next year to check progress on promises to cooperate more closely, toughen supervision of banks and give bigger roles to fast-rising nations.
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