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<title><![CDATA[IMF says stimulus needed to aid 'nascent' recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said emergency stimulus measures must remain to avoid endangering a "nascent" economic recovery, as the G20 agreed here to maintain support.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[G20 agrees timetable for monitoring economic policy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - The world's biggest economies have agreed a timetable on mutual monitoring of each other's economic policy aimed at preventing a fresh financial crisis, a G20 communique said on Saturday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:49:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wall Street rally gets second wind]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:22:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brown says G20 should consider transactions tax]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 here on Saturday to consider a tax on global financial transactions but the proposal looked doomed amid US opposition.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen joins gas exporters' club]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, joined the international club of gas exporters Saturday with pumping starting at a newly built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:44:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen starts exporting LNG from new plant]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - Yemen began exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its newly built LNG plant in Balhaf on the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, with the first shipment destined for South Korea.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka buying gold 'to diversify reserves']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - Sri Lanka's central bank on Saturday said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India announced it had purchased 200 tonnes of the precious metal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:43:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten percent jobless rate adds to pressure on Obama]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:14:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shell to pay California $19 mln over violations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - Shell Oil Company will pay California more than 19 million dollars because of environmental violations at service stations throughout the state, officials said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:11:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GM in talks to bring Chinese cars to India: report]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:43:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HSBC slashes prize money of Women's Champions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:01:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:06:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US jobless rate hits 10.2%; Obama eyes new steps]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - US unemployment jumped to double digits in October for the first time since 1983, reaching 10.2 percent, prompting renewed talk of additional stimulus for an economy struggling to emerge from recession.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:14:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shell Oil to pay California $19 mln over violations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - Shell Oil Company will pay California more than 19 million dollars because of environmental violations at service stations throughout the state, officials said Friday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:52:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Opel chief quits after GM decides to keep European unit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - General Motors said Friday it will seek a new chief for European operations with Carl-Peter Forster quitting following the automaker's decision to hang on to its Opel/Vauxhall division.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20 ministers to firm up global recovery, climate funding]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - Hosts Britain told the G20 it had "no reason to give up" on a new climate change deal Friday, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WTO marks 400th trade dispute case]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AFP Journal Internet - The World Trade Organisation said Friday that 400 trade dispute cases had been filed since the agency was formed in 1995, with the United States and the European Union lodging the most complaints.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:22:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UBS says took 'full remedial steps' to address breaches]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:11:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ukraine pays Russia for gas after Putin warning: PM]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:07:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GM Europe head quits following Opel U-turn: source]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:50:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:19:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:17:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RBS unveils sharp loss despite state bailout]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:13:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20 ministers mull global recovery, climate funding]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gold price tops $1,100 for first time]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:26:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:09:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AIG posts profit of $455 million]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US jobless rate hits 10.2% as 190,000 jobs lost]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:44:53 GMT</pubDate>
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