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At a Glance
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Military Exercise
TIRANA: Military forces from four Nato countries — Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the United States — began a series of joint military exercises on Saturday in the Balkans with Albania, Romania and Argentina.
Albania and Romania are among the member countries of the Nato-led "Partnership for Peace" (PFP) programme while Argentina is not a PFP country.
The exercises are scheduled to end on May 10.
Finance officials meet
WASHINGTON: Top finance officials of the world's seven richest countries started their discussions in Washington on Saturday to seek ways to keep the sputtering global economy from toppling into a recession.
US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan were serving as hosts for a meeting of the officials from the world's seven industrialized countries — the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada.
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