G-20 leaders meeting in Washington are discussing a co-ordinated response to the global financial crisis - je 15.11.2008 10

World leaders meeting in Washington have pledged to deliver an action plan to deal with recession and prevent future financial meltdowns. Heads of government of the so-called G-20 countries and their finance ministers are meeting for five hours of talks on Saturday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been calling for more regulation long before the present crisis - she is now pressing for an overhaul of the systems that governn the markets.