Last week's meeting in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, was the third Group of 20 summit in less than a year.

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In Europe,reports last week showed a year of recession easing in Germany, its largest economy,and in France.

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The World Food Program said last week that the number of hungry people will pass one billion this year for the first time in history.

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This week, we continue our look back at the major economic stories of the year.

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This week on our program: We tell about this year's winners of the MacArthur Fellowships.

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President Barack Obama announced a three-year tariff of 35 percent on Chinese-made tires last week, days after the U.S.

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December 7 is known as "national students' day" in Iran, and it marks the anniversary of the 1953 slaying of three students by Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi's security forces, following a coup against populist Prime Minister Mohammed Mosadegh, earlier that year Eyewitnesses say hundreds of students have received threatening emails,this week, warning them not to participate in Monday's demonstrations.

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