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  • July 2008

    • Vague G8 Goals Deflate Green Hopes

      Time  |  Jul 9, 08 2:08 AM CDT

      Vague G8 Goals Deflate Green Hopes

      (Newser) - G8 leaders are hailing an agreement to cut carbon emissions in half by 2050 as "major progress" in combating climate change—but their failure to come up with concrete shorter-term goals is a major letdown, Bryan Walsh writes in Time . The agreement, so vague it doesn't even say which year is to be used as a starting point, is unlikely to spur the immediate changes needed to avert possible catastrophe. More »

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      climate change  • carbon emissions  • G8 summit  • Group of Eight  • summit

    • G8 Leaders Chew on Global Food Crisis Over Caviar

      Independent (UK)  |  Jul 8, 08 5:12 AM CDT

      G8 Leaders Chew on Global Food Crisis Over Caviar

      (Newser) - The global food crisis tops the agenda at this year's G8 summit—and the talks seem to be hungry work, reports the Independent . The 18 dishes at the eight-course luxury dinner served to the leaders last night included caviar, sea urchin, and Kyoto beef—followed by a "G8 fantasy dessert" for those who still had room after the dinner feast and the six-course working lunch. More »

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      Japan  • G8 summit  • food shortage  • Group of Eight  • summit

  • April 2008

    • Mbeki: Don't Worry About Zimbabwe

      Reuters  |  Apr 12, 08 5:11 PM CDT

      Mbeki: Don't Worry About Zimbabwe

      (Newser) - South Africa's president told African leaders today not to worry about Zimbabwe's disputed election, Reuters reports. "I wouldn't describe that as a crisis," President Thabo Mbeki said at a summit of 14 leaders in Zambia, assembled to free Zimbabwe from its political deadlock. "It's a normal electoral process in Zimbabwe." But Zambia's president urged them to act, saying they "can no longer continue to stand by and do nothing." More »

    • Bush and Putin Part, Missile Differences Intact

      Reuters  |  Apr 6, 08 10:54 AM CDT

      Bush and Putin Part, Missile Differences Intact

      (Newser) - President Bush and Vladimir Putin ended their last meeting as heads of state today by agreeing they like each other—and little else. Washington had hoped the Black Sea summit would yield a compromise over US plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern Europe. “We’ve got more work to do to convince the Russian side that the system is not aimed at Russia,” Bush said. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • missile  • missile shield  • summit

  • November 2007

    • Korea Chiefs to Launch Border-Busting Railway

      Associated Press  |  Nov 16, 07 2:10 AM CST

      Korea Chiefs to Launch Border-Busting Railway

      (Newser) - In their latest step toward closer ties, the leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to establish a cross-border train system to strengthen economic connections. Beginning in December freight trains will follow a 16-mile track through the heavily patrolled border frontier to a joint industrial complex in North Korea's Kaesong. Two dozen South Korean companies employ some 20,000 North Koreans in the factory complex. More »

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      North Korea  • South Korea  • Kim Jong Il  • shipping  • summit  • Roh Moo Hyun  • railway

  • October 2007
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