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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Dennis

Guardian Daily: World leaders meet for economic summit

In 1944, world leaders met at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire and agreed on a framework of global financial institutions that underpinned economic stability for 25 years. This weekend G20 leaders are meeting to discuss the current economic crisis, in what's been billed as Bretton Woods 2. Economics correspondent Ashley Seager explains what's being discussed.

Education editor Polly Curtis has the details of a major review of city academies, the government's flagship schools programme. It says the privately-sponsored schools are accepting a lower proportion of children from poorer backgrounds.

Chief political correspondent Nicholas Watt scotches rumours that David Cameron is considering moving George Osborne from his post as shadow chancellor amid rumblings of discontent from the Tory backbenches.

Security editor Richard Norton-Taylor looks at whether British forces in Afghanistan have the equipment they need to do the job.

And our Ireland correspondent Henry McDonald, author of a new book, Gunsmoke and Mirrors: How Sinn Féin Dressed Up Defeat As Victory, argues that the IRA did not achieve any of its aims.

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