G-20 Pittsburgh: International Spotlight
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
For the third time in less than a year, world leaders will gather to discuss the global economic crisis. The first Group of Twenty summit was in Washington. The second was in London. This conference is taking a different route, forgoing the glamour of a world capital to meet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; an old manufacturing town that has changed to meet the challenges of the 21st century by cleaning its air and water and diversifying its economy. VOA's Paula Wolfson visited a part of the city known as the Strip and says the people there are excited about being in the spotlight.
