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G20 meeting – helpful or just a waste of time?

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Published 05 April, 2009, 10:24

World leaders met in London on April, 2 in an attempt to find a way out of the world economic crisis, but did the meeting of minds actually solve the world's financial problems, or was it just a waste of time?

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