G-20 finance officials decry lack of global growth, remain split on best approaches to take

WASHINGTON - World finance leaders say they are determined to attack a sluggish global economy in which growth is too weak and unemployment too high.

G20 seeks more wiggle room on austerity pledges

(Reuters) - The world's leading economies will give themselves more wiggle room to meet targets for cutting budget deficits rather than risk aggravating a slowdown in many countries, chief among them the United States.