Europe Unified To Fight Global Financial Crisis

by Eleanor Beardsley, NPR

European Union leaders, meeting in Brussels, have endorsed the emergency bailout plan for the banking sector that was put into action last weekend. They also are in favor of revamping the world's financial system to try to avoid a repeat of the money market crisis. The 27 leaders also discussed climate change and relations with Russia, which has pulled back troops from much of Georgia.

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• Morning Edition, October 16, 2008