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There is no doubting. Today’s agreement does shift the balance of global power in really important ways. First, France and Germany may now be emboldened to continue efforts to reform an Anglo-American model of capitalism they have long resisted. Britain fears they’ll try to use the European Union as a weapon, threatening the future competitiveness of the City of London. But perhaps more important, this summit marks a decisive shift of power to Asia and to the largest emerging economies, in particular, China. The G8, the club of the world’s most industrialized has largely had its day.

World leaders at the G20 Summit in London have hailed the meeting as a success. The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the world had come together to fight against the recession. France and Germany which wanted strict financial regulation said the outcome provided clear guidelines to the markets. President Obama said the summit’s response was historic and announced there would be another meeting later this year.

We’ve all got our own national policies; we all have our own assumptions, our own political cultures, but our citizens are all hurting. They all need us to come together. So I’m pleased that the G20 has agreed to meet again this fall because I believe that this is just the beginning. We are gonna have to be proactive in shaping events and persistent in monitoring our progress to determine whether further action is a need.

A federal court in the United States has ruled that 3 men who have been held without trial at a U.S base in Afghanistan for 6 years will be able to challenge their detention through the U.S legal system. The judge said the ruling apply to all non-Afghan detainees currently in U.S custody at the Bagram base near the Afghan Capital Kabul. It follows a similar U.S Supreme Court decision in favor of prisoners at the U.S Guantanamo Bay Camp in Cuba.

Police in Israel say the new Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman has been questioned under caution on suspicion of bribery, money laundering and breach of trust. Police said the questioning lasted more than 7 hours and was part of a continuing investigation. Bob Trevelyan now reports.

The allegations against Mr. Liberman date back in a number of years and according to Israeli newspapers, relate to accusations that he received a bribe through a consulting firm run by his daughter. Mr. Liberman has said it’s no surprise that the allegations which he denies resurface to the election time. As the leader of a far-right party, holding views widely perceived as anti-Arab and anti-religious, Mr.Liberman is a controversial and polarizing figure in Israel. He says the accusations against him are politically motivated. Bob Trevelyan

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The President of Nigeria Umaru Yar'Adua has said he will grant amnesty to militants in the Niger Delta if they put down their weapons. He said the government would meet next week to discuss measures that would include help rehabilitating and reintegrating militants back into society.  Militants and criminal gangs in the oil-rich Niger Delta often attack pipelines and kidnap oil workers for money.

A war of words has broken out between the governing African National Congress of South Africa and the Nobel laureate archbishop Desmond Tutu. The archbishop has become increasingly critical of the ANC and has said he is not looking forward to Jacob Zuma becoming president after this month's election. The ANC says it’s been taken aback by Archbishop Tutu's remarks and says his views don't resonate with the views of the public.

The families of 3 young Polish women who were involved in an accidental hospital switch as babies have been awarded just over half a million dollars in damages. Two of the three are identical twins but one twin was mistakenly swapped while in a hospital 17 years ago. From Warsaw, here is Adam Easton.

In 1984, 2-week-old identical twins Kasia and Nina were taken to a Warsaw hospital with pneumonia. Whilst there, staff mistakenly switched Nina with another girl Edyta. Afterwards, doctors told the twin's parents they were not identical as they had thought. And so when the girls grew up, nobody realised the mistake. It was only 17 years later the Kasia was told by a friend that she was the double of another girl who lived across town. Later, DNA test confirmed the discovery. (www.hXen.com)

United Nation's housing agency has launched a scheme to provide some of the world's poorest people with housing loans. A series of pilot projects have been started in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Argentina, Nepal and Bangladesh. They will give poor urban dwellers the chance to get small cheap loans to buy, build or improve their houses.

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