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G7 to gather on April 14, Japan disaster a topic
Finance chiefs from rich Group of Seven nations will meet in Washington on April 14 with the economic impact of Japan's triple disaster high on their agenda, G7 sources told Reuters on Monday. The G7 groups the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan. They would meet just ahead of a scheduled April 15 gathering of officials from the wider group of G20 nations, which includes emerging-market powers like China, India and Brazil. Japan's economy has suffered hundreds of billions of dollars in damages after being hit by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. The disasters have disrupted ... (full story)