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From left: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speak at the first full-fledged summit of Brazil, Russia, India and China, collectively called BRIC, in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Officials from Russia, China and Brazil have said in recent weeks that they would invest in bonds issued by the International Monetary Fund to diversify their dollar-heavy currency reserves. |