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Last Updated: Wednesday July 08 2009 16:08 GMT

World leaders meet for G8 summit

The G8 leaders

Leaders of eight of the most powerful and richest countries are meeting in Italy to discuss the world's problems, in a get-together called the G8.

They've been talking about the global economy, and they reckon the recent trouble it's been in could be coming to an end soon.

They're also discussing the environment as well as relations with countries like North Korea and Iran.

The G8 are Britain, Canada, France, the US, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia.