G7 ministers to focus on oil, debt relief for poor
WASHINGTON, Friday (AFP) With currency tensions
easing, top finance officials from the Group of Seven industrialized
powers have a chance at weekend talks here to close ranks in the fight
against world poverty and to assess the impact of stubbornly high oil
prices.
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Powerful quakes rock Indonesia's Java island
JAKARTA, Friday (AFP) Two earthquakes, one measuring
up to 6.5 on the Richter scale and felt in Jakarta, shook Indonesia's
Java island on Friday, but there were no casualties or damage,
seismologists said.
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