G20 Summit Opens in Brisbane

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot has opened the ninth Group of 20 Summit in Brisbane by urging world leaders to deliver on an initiative to boost the global gross domestic product by $2 trillion. Abbott says delegates from the world's 20 largest economies should focus on economic issues, despite the security situation in Ukraine, regional territorial disputes and the debate on global warming. "As you look around the world there many difficulties and problems," said...

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