Mr Cui, China's top G-20 negotiator, also firmly rejected a proposal from U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to negotiate targets to narrow current-account gaps and ease global trade imbalances.

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The Guardian said the top negotiator for the Iraqi government, Sami al-Askari, had flown several time to Iran to negotiate with the kidnappers in the holy city of Qom.

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