28 November, 2009

PM Lee to attend UN climate meet, urges Commonwealth to engage in issue
Channel News Asia
The Commonwealth includes countries such as Australia, Canada, India, South Africa and Britain – important members of the Group of 20 (G20). …
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/
singaporelocalnews/view/1021080/1/.html

G20 switch shaping more local, unpredictable world
Reuters
Many experts say this change — formalized this year during the G20 summit in Pittsburgh in September — may well have far-reaching implications for…
www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE5AQ3XW20091127

The New Psychology underlying the G20 Policing Report
Media Newswire (press release)
The HMIC report, which followed the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in March, recommends a radical change in public order policing.…
media-newswire.com/release_1106830.html

G20 switch shaping more local, unpredictable world | All News All …
By admin
LONDON (Reuters) — Capital taxes, currency controls and curbs and home-tailored bank regulation: after decades of spectacular financial globalization, the.
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Cempaka Global Hotspots: G20 switch shaping more local …
By Cempaka
The leaders of the Pittsburgh G20 Summit sit around the summit meeting table in the midst of the second plenary session of the summit in the Pittsburgh Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2009. …
cempaka-hotspots.blogspot.com/
2009/11/g20-switch-shaping-more-local.html

Null Space: G20 echo: Newsweek on the Declining Burgh
By C. Briem
G20 echo: Newsweek on the Declining Burgh. This one is a little different. Newsweek on the web peers at the Burgh: Cutting Down to Size, Postindustrial cities, even relatively successful ones such as Pittsburgh, are trying to manage, …
nullspace2.blogspot.com/2009/11/
g20-echo-newsweek-on-declining-burgh.html

Much to Be Thankful For – 3BL Media's Posterous
Several months ago, the G20 nations promised that the “era of banking secrecy is over.” Also pledged in the G20 Summit and in discussions throughout the world this year is that the era of U.S. “cowboy economics” is over as well. …
3blmedia.posterous.com/much-to-be-thankful-for-1

India will stick to its approach on climate change: Pranab carbon …
By IANS
'In the recent G20 finance ministers convention, the finance ministers of China and India shared the same opinion. There is a common approach between us but with different shells. We are sticking to that approach,' Mukherjee pointed out …
trak.in/news/india-will-stick-to-its-
approach-on-climate-change-pranab/28992/

27 November, 2009

Daily Mail
Among those present will be G20 members Canada, Australia, India and South Africa. All of these are potential allies along with Germany and France.…
www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1231
264/ALEX-BRUMMER-Sovereign-shock-London.html

CHOGM 2009 to focus on economy, climate change, new admission
Xinhua
Unlike G20, most of the Commonwealth's members are small countries in terms of their geographical sizes and economic scales. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/27/content_12549928.htm

Dubai shows crisis not over – incoming EU official
Reuters
He said it “further reinforces our determination to put in place the strong decisions that were taken at the G20.” The new European Commission is expected …
www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSPAB00803220091127

Brown takes campaign for Tobin tax to Commonwealth
guardian.co.uk
Brown faced embarrassment earlier this month when he proposed a Tobin tax at a meeting of G20 finance ministers in St Andrews. Tim Geithner, the US treasury …
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/
nov/27/brown-tobin-tax-commonwealth

JURIST – Paper Chase: UK G20 report recommends new protest …
[JURIST] The UK's Chief Inspectorate of Constabulary [official website] Wednesday released a report [PDF] critical of the manner in which British law enforcement handled protesters at the G20 summit held in London in April. …
jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/dnp.php

Tax Justice Network: The G20: a club of gate crashers and insiders …
By TJN
The G20 has, as we have previously blogged, produced exceedingly flimsy, and in some cases quite appalling, responses to issues like tax havens (secrecy jurisdictions) and illicit flows. Now we have a good article in the FT explaining …
taxjustice.blogspot.com/2009/11/g20-
club-of-gate-crashers-and-insiders.html

Jean-Louis Kayitenkore Blog: UK G20 report recommends new protest …
By Jean-Louis Kayitenkore
G20 summit held in London in April. The report also detailed a number of proposals to deal with future protester gatherings, including more proportionate amounts of force, increased training for police forces on techniques …
cepgl.blogspot.com/2009/11/uk-g20-
report-recommends-new-protest.html

London G20 Pre-Summit Meeting Bonuses Bashed and Capital Reqs …
By admin
The G20 Finance Ministers met for two days in the preamble to the main G20 Summit held in Pittsburgh on the 24th and 25th September. Three main themes.
money.hiphopmails.com/html/y2009/1361.html

Crisis-era protectionism one year after the Washington G20 meeting… On 15 November 2008, world leaders gathered in Washington DC for the first of a series of G20 summits on the global financial crisis and its economic fallout. At that meeting, G20 leaders pledged to eschew protectionism for 12 months. …
www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/4277