* IADB urged to increase capital by $150 bln-$180 bln

* Bank's loan requests seen way above $20 billion in 2009

* US backs review to hike bank capital-Geithner (Recasts with comments from Geithner)

MEDELLIN, Colombia, March 29 (Reuters) - The Inter-AmericanDevelopment Bank on Sunday weighed hiking its capital by up to$280 billion to help the region weather the global financialcrisis and won cautious backing from key shareholder the UnitedStates.

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