It’s down to business as Brown hails new era

After the pageantry and splendor of audiences with the Queen and dinner at Downing Street, G-20 leaders could be forgiven a sense of anti-climax as they arrived for work Thursday for a summit heralding a "new era of international partnership," according to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Obama’s aunt gets reprieve in asylum case

A federal immigration judge says President Obama’s aunt, who has stayed in the United States illegally for years, will be allowed to remain in the country until at least next year. U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that delegates at the London summit needed to act with urgency and in unison to address the financial crisis.

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Congress Launches Opening Gambits on Global Warming

President Barack Obama loves to talk about the great promise of energy reform, but all it takes is one glance down Pennsylvania Avenue to get a sense of the pitfalls of such ambitious designs. That was especially clear on Tuesday, as Congress ran both hot and cold on legislation to fight global warming

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Protesters always early adopters of technology

Headlines proclaiming that G-20 activists and police are following each others’ activities on Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites may give one the impression that a new age of surveillance and political activism has dawned. But activists’ use of technology is nothing new. Though Twitter and Facebook might be today’s must-have gadgets in campaigners’ toolboxes, some say they’re simply the latest chapter in a long tradition of activists’ use of technology to champion change.

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London prepares for ‘unprecedented’ G-20 protests

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived for early morning talks at Downing Street Wednesday with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as London braced itself for massive protests ahead of Thursday’s G-20 summit. The summit brings together leaders and financial chiefs from the top 20 industrialized and emerging economies, along with leaders from non-G-20 nations

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