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G8 summit stories: 37 news summaries

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Bush to Canadian PM: 'Yo, Harper!'

Commander-in-chief his ever-so-diplomatic self at G8 summit

Jul 7, 08 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mixing Texas diplomacy with the high diplomacy of the G8 summit in Japan, President Bush showed off his characteristically casual behavior today by introducing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to another leader with a "Yo, Harper!" Bush landed British PM Tony Blair in hot water at a 2006... More »

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Japan • Canada • G8 summit • Stephen Harper • George W. Bush

Energy-Efficient Japan to Host G8 Summit

Tokyo will showcase conservation ethic, technology

Jul 4, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Next week the leaders of the developed world will meet at a resort in northern Japan for this year's G8 summit. With oil prices topping the agenda, Japan—by most measures, the most energy-frugal developed nation on earth—is hoping to use the international platform to promote its energy conservation... More »

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energy • Japan • G8 summit • Group of Eight • oil price

 Dollar Soars to Biggest
 Weekly Gain in 3 Years 

Greenback posts record advances ahead of G8 meeting

Jun 13, 08 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The dollar posted its biggest gain in almost 3 years this week, soaring 2.5% against the euro and 2.8% against the yen. This morning in London the dollar was trading at $1.54 against the euro, with analysts predicting a rise as high as $1.45 by year's... More »

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G8 summit • euro • yen • US dollar • Christine Lagarde

 Blair Pitches Global Climate Pact 

Warns change will be irreversible if something isn't done now

Mar 14, 08 3:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair will seek to privately broker a new international agreement to cut carbon emissions by 50% before 2050 that would include China, India and the US, reports the Guardian. Blair has been working on the project with climate change experts since he left office last... More »

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China • climate change • Tony Blair • India • global warming • G8 summit • Yasuo Fukuda • USA • Kyoto treaty • G20 • Climate Change Group • industrialized nations • carbon emissions

World Bank
President Touts
New Strategy

Zoellick calls for fast funds and alternative energy sources

Oct 22, 07 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Zoellick has outlined a new strategy for the World Bank, including giving the private sector a bigger role in development, speeding aid to countries coming out of conflict, and promoting green energy alternatives, Reuters reports. The new president  has been quick to reposition the global bank's mission following the... More »

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Saudi Arabia • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Robert Zoellick • G8 summit • poverty • private secitor • International Development Association • Ibrahim al Assaf

Sarko Looks Blotto at G8

After lunch with Putin, French boss sways and slurs at press conference   

Jun 13, 07 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin may have tested out some liquid diplomacy at the G8 summit. After a long meeting with the Russian leader, freshly elected French president Nicolas Sarkozy showed up late to a press conference and appeared inebriated, fumbling for words, giggling, and swaying at the podium. More »

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Russia • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Vladimir Putin • G8 summit

World Bank Will Pay Countries
to Spare Trees

$250M pilot program will reward "avoided deforestation"

Jun 11, 07 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The World Bank is planning a $250-million fund to pay countries to refrain from cutting down tropical forests. The plan, which won approval at the G-8 summit last week, depends on companies to contribute to the fund, but that's not likely to happen unless rules governing carbon emissions credits are... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • World Bank • G8 summit • Kyoto Protocol • deforestation • carbon emissions

G8 Concludes with AIDS Pledge

World leaders renew $60B pledge to fight disease in Africa

Jun 8, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Global leaders renewed their vow to spend $60 billion to help fight AIDS, TB, and malaria in Africa today as the G8 summit wrapped up. But they set no deadlines for delivering the relief, leading critics to question the pledge. "I think it is deliberately the language of obfuscation,... More »

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Iran • Russia • Africa • AIDS • greenhouse gases • global warming • France • malaria • Tuberculosis • Kosovo • G8 summit • Group of Eight • Bono • U2 • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

Moscow
Backs Down
on Missile Shield

Putin's tough talk yields to unexpected compromise proposal

Jun 7, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - After weeks of exchanging sharp criticism with US officials, Vladimir Putin today suggested a truce over a controversial missile shield in Eastern Europe. In talks with President Bush at the G8 summit, the Russian president reversed course and said Moscow would support US plans for the shield if it is... More »

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missile shield • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • G8 summit • Azerbaijan • George W. Bush

G8 Agrees to 'Seriously Consider' 50% Reduction

G8 summit in Germany promises to address emissions cuts.

Jun 7, 07 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - G8 leaders agreed to a climate-control deal today they hailed as a breakthrough, though it was unclear what it actually accomplished. They didn't adopt German Chancellor Angela Merkel's target of cutting emissions in half by 2050—already adopted by the EU, Canada and Japan—but they agreed to  "seriously... More »

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climate change • environment • Angela Merkel • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • G8 summit • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

At G8, Bush Hangs Tough on Greenhouse Gas Goals

Bush meets with German chancellor, stances remain divided

Jun 6, 07 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The G8 summit convened today, with President Bush still holding out on long-term greenhouse gas emissions goals. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's proposal includes hard targets which would cut emissions in half by 2050 and limit global temperature change to an increase of 3.6 degrees F. The plan also includes... More »

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climate change • energy • Angela Merkel • greenhouse gases • G8 summit • global temperature • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

Blair: I'll Talk Bush Into Emissions Agreement

Lame-duck PM wants UN-approved treaty

Jun 6, 07 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heading into his final G8 summit, Tony Blair is thinking big: He says he can persuade President Bush to agree to a UN-backed treaty to reduce carbon emissions by 50%, today's Guardian reports. Blair hopes to reach at least an agreement in principle, but officials fear negotiations will continue to... More »

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climate change • Tony Blair • global warming • G8 summit • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

Britain Pushes Bush to Set Climate Goal

Wants US to commit to hard target date for emissions reductions.

Jun 5, 07 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British environmental secretary will visit Washington in an effort to convince President Bush to set specific goals for carbon reduction at this week's G8 summit. David Miliband plans to encourage the US to agree to an emissions target by 2050 and to acknowledge the principle of carbon trading... More »

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climate change • global warming • G8 summit • David Miliband • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

Brazil Rejects Bush Climate  Proposal

US plan not a viable alternative to Kyoto accord, says Lula

Jun 4, 07 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brazil's president bluntly dismissed the climate-change plan offered by George Bush last week as "voluntarism" in a situation where "multinationalism" is needed. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose fast-developing country is critical to any international deal on emissions cuts, said the proposal for a new international framework was... More »

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climate change • environment • Brazil • G8 summit • biofuel • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

G8 Protesters Clash With German Police

Demonstration ends with activists arrested, officers injured

Jun 2, 07 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Riot police and anti-globalization activists collided in the streets of the German port of Rostock today after an early show of opposition to next week's G8 summit degenerated into violence. Police used water cannons and tear gas against demonstrators who showered them with bottles and stones, causing more peaceful protesters... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • globalization • G8 summit • protests • Heiligendamm • Rostock

Europe Disses Bush Plan for Climate Change

Claims speech undermines G-8 deal
on global warming

Jun 1, 07 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The new Bush plan to combat climate change is being received with skepticism in Europe, where it is seen as a bid to outfox German Chancellor Angela Merkel and torpedo more radical proposals she will unveil at the G-8 Summit. Germany's Der Spiegel and Britain's Guardian both say the US... More »

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climate change • Angela Merkel • greenhouse gases • global warming • G8 summit • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

US and Russia Lock Horns over Kosovo, Missile Shield

Cold War fault lines rumble
at prelim G-8 summit

May 31, 07 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US counterpart Condi Rice butted heads during a sit-down with G-8 foreign ministers yesterday, over US plans to grant Kosovo independence and build a missile defense shield in the region. The entire group endorsed freeing Kosovo from Serbian control, the Washington Post reports, except... More »

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Russia • Serbia • missile shield • Poland • anti missile bases • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • Czech Republic • United States • Sergei Lavrov • Kosovo • independence • G8 summit • missile

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