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Cannes sheds its black tie image for G20 riot gear
Reuters
A policeman looks at a Tibetan activist hanging from the front entrance of the railway station in Cannes, ahead of the G20 summit, November 2, 2011. By Nicholas Vinocur CANNES, France (Reuters) - The glamorous and easy-going Riviera resort of Cannes ...
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Reuters
Sarkozy scrambles to salvage Cannes summit
The Associated Press
CANNES, France (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold emergency talks Wednesday with European leaders in a last-ditch bid to salvage his Group of 20 meeting of world leaders this week after the shock decision by Greece's prime minister to ...
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Alternative G20: Debate on banking regulation and your summit agenda
The Guardian
G20 leaders meet in Cannes on Thursday. But how would you rewrite their agenda? Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features As international leaders prepare for their meeting in Cannes on Thursday, we asked you what your priorities were for the summit ...
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The Guardian
Business calls for G20 action on growth
Financial Times
By Hugh Carnegy in Cannes Business leaders from the world's leading economies called for “stronger and more coordinated leadership” from their political counterparts on Wednesday to counter the financial crisis and flagging economic growth. ...
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Why China won't save the world
BBC News
Is China's President Hu Jintao about to fish out his chequebook at the G20 summit in Cannes and, with a flourish, wipe away Europe's woes? From all the breathless speculation you'd think that was on the cards. The talk is all about how "China can save ...
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BBC News
Medvedev to attend G20 summit in Cannes
BSANNA NEWS
President Dmitry Medvedev will leave St Petersburg by air on Wednesday night forCannes to attend a G20 summit. The Russian leader will participate in a key discussion dealing with the world's economic outlook and the fight against the threat of a new ...
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Chinese president meets IMF managing director
Xinhua
2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Wednesday in Cannes, France. The two exchanged views on the global economy, the reform of the international ...
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Pope hope G20 summit on financial crisis helps overcome hurdles to promoting ...
Washington Post (blog)
Benedict told the faithful at the end of his weekly audience at the Vatican on Wednesday that he hopes the meeting in Cannes, France, will help promote what he called “authentically human and integral development.” The Vatican called last week for...
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Greek Referendum 'Doesn't Help,' Russia Wealth-Fund Chief Says
BusinessWeek
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets tomorrow with counterparts from the BRICS group of emerging economies, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Cannes, France. ...
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Greek finance minister to attend Cannes summit: source
Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos will accompany Prime Minister George Papandreou to emergency talks on Wednesday with the leaders of France and Germany in the French Riviera resort of Cannes, a finance ministry official ...
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G-20 Is at Its Best When the Stakes Are Highest
New York Times
By ESWAR PRASAD ITHACA, NEW YORK — With the global economy on the ropes and gasping for oxygen, the world's eyes will be on the leaders of the Group of 20 countries as they gather in Cannes for their economic summit meeting. The challenges they face ...
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G20 should focus on food security, infrastructure: Business leaders
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: A group of business leaders affiliated to the G20 have recommended that the summit being held in Cannes should focus on food security and infrastructure development. The B20 summit is part of the G20 summit in which presidents of the ...
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Eurozone crisis to divert leaders at G20
Financial Times
This week's meeting in Cannes will not be that summit. The gathering is set to be dominated by events in Greece, a country that is not even a member of the G20. Not for the first time, attempts by the host country to use the grouping to achieve ...
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Financial Times
Sarkozy, Merkel, EU, IMF To Hold 2 Rounds Of Summits In Cannes
Wall Street Journal
PARIS (Dow Jones)--The leaders of France and Germany will hold two rounds of meeting with officials from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund inCannes on Thursday to discuss the latest developments on the Greek debt crisis, ...
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Zuma jets into Cannes for G20
BuaNews Online (press release)
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Cannes, France, where he will participate in the economic policy discussion and coordination forum of the G20 Summit, his office said on Wednesday. Zuma will use the summit to promote the need for enhanced ...
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Allianz CEO: Greek Referendum May Have Disastrous Impact
Wall Street Journal
CANNES, France (Dow Jones)--German insurer Allianz SE (ALV.XE) chief executive Michael Diekman Wednesday said the timing of the call by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou for a referendum on the latest bailout package from Europe is "very...
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Business Leaders Urge Bigger Role for Yuan
Wall Street Journal
By AARON BACK CANNES, France—Business leaders meeting alongside the Group of 20 industrial and developing nations summit in France on Wednesday endorsed a move toward a "multipolar" global currency system, with a greater role for the Chinese yuan. ...
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Short on cash, G20 leaders try 'Innovative Financing' for size
Oxfam America
This week in Cannes, the global financial meltdown and Eurozone crisis are likely to dominate. Oxfam's pre-G20 summit stunt reminded G20 leaders that the decisions they make at Cannes this week will affect people living in poverty around the world. ...
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Oxfam America
Vavi asks G20 to impose of taxes
Independent Online
Vavi was speaking in Cannes during a meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy just prior to the G20 summit. “We expect the G20 to come out strongly on the need to implement taxes to curb the excessive growth of the financial sector at the expense ...
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Independent Online
A Silver Lining to America's Waning Influence
New York Times
By HELENE COOPER WASHINGTON — President Hu Jintao of China will arrive in Cannes, France, this week pondering a plea from Europe for tens of billions of dollars to help the continent get out of its debt crisis. And President Obama will arrive with a ...
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New York Times
Top Stories: Crisis Talks In Cannes, Assange Loses Appeal, Strike In Oakland
NPR (blog)
by Mark Memmott — "Oakland Gears Up For General Strike, Which Could Bring Thousands To Downtown." (The Oakland Tribune) — "US Futures Rise, Commodities Climb Before Fed." (Bloomberg News) Related: Federal Reserve policymakers release their latest ...
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Greece referendum: Last chance bistro at Cannes G20 summit
This is Money
The Cannes summit this weekend is a last-chance bistro. The rest of the rich world needs to read the riot act to Chancellor Merkel, President Sarkozy and the other leaders of the euro-17. Imagine the reaction from the gloom-mongers had Britain's output ...
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Pedro Almodovar tries his hand at horror with 'The Skin I Live In'
MiamiHerald.com
Emotionally cooler and more restrained than Almodovar's usually flamboyant style, "The Skin I Live In" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where one specific scene resulted in several walkouts - and was celebrated with a five-minute standing ...
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The G-20's helpful silence
BusinessWorld Online Edition
NEW YORK -- When French President Nicolas Sarkozy took the reins as host of this year's G-20 summit, to be held in Cannes on November 3-4, he called on the International Monetary Fund to develop an enforceable “code of conduct” for the use of capital ...
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Exclusive - Poor nations a ray of hope for crisis-weary G20
Reuters UK
We're not going to get out of this by just cutting deficits," the Franco-African engineer who runs Britain's biggest insurer Prudential Plc told Reuters before heading to the Cannes summit. "At one point it was important to convince everybody we needed ...
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Reuters UK
PM reaches Cannes for G-20 Summit News
By Staff
Cannes (France), Nov 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday reachedCannes in the French Riviera to attend the sixth G20 Summit, which will discuss measures to spur global economic recovery. At Cannes, besides attending ...
News One
GREEK NEWS AGENDA: PM in Cannes for Talks
By GRECEHEBDO
Prime Minister George Papandreou is travelling to Cannes today to discuss developments in Greece with EU leaders, on the sidelines of a G20 Summit. Meanwhile, the premier called an extraordinary cabinet last night, which unanimously ...
GREEK NEWS AGENDA
PM's statement ahead of Cannes G20 Summit
PM's statement ahead of Cannes G20 Summi..."I leave today to attend the G-20 Summit in C...The twin Summits of the European Union and Eurozon...The Eurozone is a historic project. India would li...In an increasingly interdependent world, ...
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Cannes Summit should signal a strong approach to put economy on ...
By pravasitoday
New Delhi, November 2: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday called for a coordinated approach to spur global recovery and pitched for reform of international financial institutions as he left for Cannes in the French Riviera to attend the 6th G20 Summit. At Cannes, besides attending the summit Thursday and Friday, the prime minister will ... Cannes, G20 Summit manmohan singh, G20 Summit news, Montek Singh Ahluwalia |. Free access to NRI News & Articles on your mail ...
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Cannes sheds its black tie image for G20 riot gear – Reuters | Wall ...
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Cannes sheds its black tie image for G20 riot gear. Reuters ... By Nicholas VinocurCANNES, France (Reuters) - The glamorous and easy-going Riviera resort of Cannesturns into a fortified camp this week . ... 2011 Wall Street Financial News. ...
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XE.com - Greek finance minister to attend Cannes summit-source
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos will accompany Prime Minister George Papandreou to emergency talks on Wednesday with the leaders of France and Germany in the French Riviera resort of Cannes, a finance ministry official ...
XE Forex News
Anti-G20 Protests Confined to Nice as Police Seal Off 'Fortress ...
By admin
by Angelique Chrisafis in Nice. Thousands of anti-globalisation protesters marched in the French city of Nice on Tuesday, as police sealed off the nearby resort of Canneswhere the G20 summit starts on Thursday. Permalink · News · Share ...
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Pluz Media - PM reaches Cannes for G-20 Summit
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PM reaches Cannes for G-20 Summit on Pluz Media, Cannes (France), Nov 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday reached Cannes in the.
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Papandreou to Meet With G-20 Leaders Tomorrow in Cannes ...
By Apostolos Papapostolou
Prime Minister George Papandreou will travel to Cannes tomorrow to discuss developments in Greece with leaders of the Group of 20, a Greek government official.
Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest...
'Fortress' Cannes braces for G20 summit | World News – Breaking ...
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World News News around the World · Home · Al Jazeera · Australia Ten · Euro News · Russia Today · TV New Zealand. Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 | Posted in EuroNews | Feed Source |. 'Fortress' Cannes braces for G20 summit ...
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Cannes sheds its black tie image for G20 riot gear - Yahoo! News
News. CANNES, France (Reuters) - The glamorous and easy-going Riviera resort ofCannes turns into a fortified camp this week as French police prepare for ...
news.yahoo.com/cannes-sheds-black-tie-image-g20-riot-gear-...
Canada News: Cannes curtain raiser for reality show that is the G20 ...
The EU survived one near-death experience. Can thespian Canada and emerging stars China and India rise above self-interest to save the world again?
www.thestar.com/.../1078371--cannes-curtain-raiser-for-realit...
Sarkozy/Merkel to meet Greek PM in Cannes - RTÉ News
Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel will meet George Papandreou in Cannes this evening to try to defuse the latest crisis.
www.rte.ie/news/2011/1102/eurozone.html
Security check for Cannes | euronews, world news
world news - The French city of Cannes is preparing to receive the world's most powerful leaders by tightening up security. Leaving nothing...
www.euronews.net/2011/10/31/security-check-for-cannes/
BBC News - Cannes crisis talks amid eurozone Greek debt turmoil
The eurozone plan to save Greece from bankruptcy is not up for renegotiation, Germany has warned, ahead of emergency talks with Greece and France.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15556871
Sarkozy scrambles to salvage Cannes summit - CBS News
(AP) CANNES, France — French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold emergency talks Wednesday with European leaders in a last-ditch bid to salvage his Group ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../sarkozy-scrambles-to-salvage-cannes-su...
Crisis Talks In Cannes Over Greek Bailout Plan : The Two-Way : NPR
But investors' eyes are on the French resort of Cannes, where Greek Prime Minister ...Bloomberg News says "European leaders racing to prevent their week -old ...
www.npr.org/.../crisis-talks-in-cannes-over-greek-bailout-plan
Protests start ahead of G20 summit in Cannes | euronews, world news
world news - Politicians are facing pressure from the streets ahead of this ...
www.euronews.net/.../protests-start-ahead-of-g20-summit-in-c...
Cannes sheds its black tie image for G20 riot gear
A policeman looks at a Tibetan activist hanging from the front entrance of the railway station in Cannes, ahead of the G20 summit, November 2, 2011. ...
www.reuters.com/.../uk-g20-scene-idUSLNE7A102F2011110...
Cannes man keeps busy - Entertainment News, International News ...
Thierry Fremaux isn't going anywhere. . International News from the entertainment source: Variety. Cannes man keeps busy.
www.variety.com/article/VR1118044847?refCatId=19

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