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The Global Economic Crisis has triggered another G20 summit that resulted in a "communique" that, like most of the statements that come out of meetings like this, doesn't say much of anything worthwhile.

This is only to be expected from any sort of international meeting. After all, everyone wants to feel that they're important on the world stage, and that they have to be listened to. And this can lead to some remarkable displays of pettiness, considering that these are the people who allegedly run the planet. But the most common effect is something bland enough that it offends no-one, and puts no one on the hook for anything that they don't feel is in their direct interests.

Of course, no one expects anything other than that, and so it's something of a surprise that these events garner as much news coverage as they do...