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Italy supports G8 expansion proposal

14:11 24/10/2008

The Group of Eight (G8) leading industrial countries should be expanded to a G14 format to deal with the current global economic crisis, the Italian prime minister said on Friday.

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Italy supports G8 expansion proposal

Taiwanese student dies at speed-eating contest

Lucky Sicilian snatches 100-million euro lottery jackpot

Belarus president takes five-year-old 'heir' to military drills

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Russian sailor dies in Ukraine's Crimea after attack

OPEC to discuss cuts in oil production

U.S. imposes sanctions against Russian state arms exporter

Six killed, 14 injured as car collides with bus in Kazakhstan

Russian-Chinese trade set to exceed $50 bln in 2008

Soyuz capsule safely lands in Kazakhstan

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