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G7 Finance Ministers, Governors meet in Washington

Central Bank Governors Mark Carney (Canada), Christian Noyer (France), Axel Weber (Germany), US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi (Italy), Masaaki Shirakawa (Japan), Mervyn King (UK), European Central Bank Governor Jean-Claude Trichet and IMF Managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L to R) stand on the steps of the Treasury Department as they are photographed in Washington on October 10, 2008. The ministers are in town for the semi-annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund meeting occurring this weekend. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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