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G20 backs coalition austerity measures
International backing for coalition Government's spending cuts, as world leaders urge nations with big deficits to tackle them more quickly.
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G8 Diary: 28/06/2010
Monday, 28 June 2010
More than 400 arrests after violent protests
Monday, 28 June 2010
Anti-riot officers fanned through downtown Toronto in a show of strength to deter a repeat of the violent demonstrations that erupted within blocks of the G20 summit which ended in more than 400 arrests, smashed shop-fronts and burned out police cars.
Cameron digs in over the Falklands
Sunday, 27 June 2010
PM tells Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner that islands' sovereignty is not up for discussion
Prime Minister to visit China in November
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Prime Minister David Cameron is to visit China in November, Downing Street has confirmed.
G20: PM and Obama agree to differ in 'friendly' talks
Sunday, 27 June 2010
David Cameron and Barack Obama agreed to differ on economic policy last night as Britain claimed international backing for the deep public spending cuts in last week's Budget.
G8 Diary: 26/06/2010
Saturday, 26 June 2010
To celebrate or to grumble? That was the dilemma faced by many Ontarians as their province showed off its best face for visiting leaders and reporters, but the inconveniences of a huge security operation began to bite.
'Revive the trade deal', Cameron urges summit
Friday, 25 June 2010
PM marked his debut on the global stage with a warning to leaders that their regular summits have become "grand talking shops".
Canadian police stop suspicious car near G20 summit site
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Canadian police said today that they had pulled over a car containing "dangerous materials" near the site where an international summit will be held in Toronto this weekend.
Merkel rejects Obama warnings that cuts will damage global recovery
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Tony Paterson: German Chancellor set for showdown with US President at G20 summit over concerns euro still not safe from collapse
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Columnist Comments
• Steve Richards: The biggest deficit is democratic
Cameron, Osborne and Clegg should have said more in advance about cuts
• Dominic Lawson: A lesson from the Napoleonic Wars
When public expenditure is cut, the consequence is highly visible
• Terence Blacker: Sons of war who were weak fathers
The only time I touched my father was holding his hand on his death-bed
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