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Bush to urge fixing, not dumping financial system

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush, on the eve of hosting a summit on the global financial crisis, plans to call for fixing the problems rather than dismantling the existing system, the White House said on Wednesday. (link)

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