U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.  REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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IMF head welcomes euro-zone moves on credit crisis

WASHINGTON | Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:03pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Sunday welcomed euro-zone steps aimed at stabilizing chaotic financial markets and praised actions taken so far by the United States.

"I welcome the meeting of the heads of state of the euro zone and the result," he said at a news briefing.

"Not only is this action coordinated, but it's also proposing some details," he added.

Strauss-Kahn declined to offer recommendations for how the United States should proceed in efforts to address credit turmoil, but praised steps taken so far.

"I think that what has already been done in the United States is now going to work," he said. "It has to be done, the sooner the better."

A $700 billion U.S. financial bailout package approved earlier this month is "the correct action," Strauss-Kahn added.

(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton and Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Tim Ahmann)

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