G-20 Chair Russia Pushing Stronger Currency Manipulation Stance

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Pedestrians walk past an electronic board flashing the numbers of the foreign exchange rate of the yen against one U.S. dollar, left, and one Euro, right, in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2013. Japan is cast as the villain in a heated currency drama, accused of driving down the yen's value to shore up its fragile economy, as a statement from financial powers fails to reassure markets ahead of G20 talks.