President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meet on Wednesday prior to the G20 meetings coming up. As they meet thousands of protesters gathered in the British capital's financial district, with some demonstrators smashing their way into major banks while others threw eggs and fruit at police. Obama said there was "enormous consensus" between the world's rich and emerging countries on plans to kickstart the global economy.

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updated 7:01 p.m. ET, Wed., April 1, 2009