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Global Economic Forum to Expand Permanently:

President Obama will announce Friday that the once elite club of rich industrial nations known as the Group of 7 will be permanently replaced as a global forum for economic policy by the much broader Group of 20 that includes China, Brazil, India and other fast-growing developing countries, administration officials said Thursday.

G-20 Urged to Address Financing of Emissions Reductions - G-20 Dispatches - WSJ:

Panelists on a discussion about efforts to fight global warming ahead of a key Copenhagen summit in December said it’s crucial for the G-20 take steps toward breaking gridlock over how emissions reductions will be financed.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: G-20 Pittsburgh Summit: Reasons to Celebrate?:

Optimism is the leitmotif surrounding the upcoming Pittsburgh Summit. Yet certain concerns remain. A year ago, as the dramatic recession unfolded around the world, many were convinced we were heading for a repeat of the Crash of 1929.
Due to measures adopted at the G-20 Summit in London last April, the worst threat in decades to the global economy was contained.

I put together a little photo-essay of the Obama meeting with press and our G20Voice bloggers.

After a long wait getting through security and bus drivers that surprisingly kept getting lost, we've made it inside. Livestream video and Liveblogging to follow shortly. You can watch the official Summit Livestream here.

G20Voice bloggers were at the Put People First Rally in London on March 28th where over 35,000 people held a peaceful march and rally through the streets of London to send a message to the leaders meeting at the G20 Summit on April 2.

Find out what they saw, heard and thought.