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Apr 5 2008, AP

Japan’s foreign minister urged the Group of Eight industrialized nations to step up assistance to Africa and other impoverished regions as talks on development aid opened Saturday amid a worldwide economic downturn.

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President of the Movement of the Enterprise of France, Laurence Parisot smiles as she attends a panel discussion of G8 Business Summit in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, April 17, 2008.