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US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner (left) speaks to British Finance Minister Alistair Darling before a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph in St Andrews, Scotland. The world's largest and top emerging economies have agreed at a G20 meeting a timetable on mutual monitoring of their economic policy, a European source has told AFP.

G20 'agrees timetable' for monitoring economic policy

AFP - Sunday, November 8

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - - The world's largest and top emerging economies agreed at a G20 meeting here Saturday a timetable on mutual monitoring of their economic policy, a European source told AFP. Full Story »

Obama to push lawmakers on health care vote

AFP - Sunday, November 8
Protestors wave flags during a news conference

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care.

10 percent jobless rate adds to pressure on Obama

AFP - Saturday, November 7
Job seekers attend a seminar on finding jobs in San Francisco, California. The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say.