US treasury supremo appeals to world ministers for Iraq

US Treasury Secretary John Snow has appealed to finance ministers from 19 other countries to donate money to rebuild war-torn Iraq.

As representatives from the Group of 20 rich and poor nations kicked off a two-day meeting in the mountains of western Mexico, Snow also held bilateral talks on the sidelines to persuade countries to restart global trade negotiations that collapsed at the World Trade Organisation meeting last month in Cancun, said Snow’s spokesman, Rob Nichols.