Leaders see financial crisis over in 18 months

LIMA, Peru - Pacific Rim nations assured the world Sunday that the global financial crisis can be quelled in 18 months, but provided few details of how they expect that to happen — or how their governments can help.

The 21 economies, which represent more than half of the world’s productive power, also pledged during a two-day summit not to erect new protectionist barriers for the next year, and to jump-start stalled World Trade Organization talks. Full Story »

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by Mark Rizzo - Nov. 23, 2008

This piece is very well done. It shows depth by diving beyond the basics of the story and has a number of good sources and quotes. One thing I had noticed that detracts from it, however, is the lack of opinion from smaller countries: aside from Peru, the host, the only quotes we have are from representatives of large nations, including the US and Canada. Inclusion of another point of view would have really helped the story.

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