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Even though the G-20 called the recovery “uneven and fragile” in the final declaration from its weekend confab in Toronto, the advanced economies also pledged to at least halve fiscal deficits by 2013 and stabilize or reduce government...
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As Toronto virtually went under lockdown before the G20 summit beginning on Saturday, anti-globalisation protesters marched through city streets to give the security...
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US President Barack Obama addressed the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2009 inspiring the world leaders to engineer “a new era of engagement based on mutual...
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Mr.Singh has a a lot of love for the Americans especially American presidents.The love affair started with Mr.Bush and it continues with Obama and I feel that Mr.Singh...
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World leaders wrapped up the G8 summit in L’Aquila last night, saying that it could be the last meeting of its kind.
President Obama joined Silvio Berlusconi, the...
made popular Jul 11 2009
Italy and France have been accused of reneging on promises to increase aid to African nations.
Anti-poverty group One, set up by rock star Bono, said Italy had...
made popular Jun 11 2009
Editorial writers around the world have called the recent Russia-Georgia war a watershed in how Russia views the world and the world views Russia. Moscow’s...
made popular Sep 29 2008
A Catholic growing up in a patriarchal society that still, to this day, smells the heavy wafts of religious colonialism, would have been made to believe that “the...
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The annual meetings of world leaders, the so-called G8 summits, are often criticized for raising high expectations, but delivering few practical results. Adding to...
made popular Jul 14 2008
As many of you know, I write about events in Zimbabwe every day on my respective pages, and some days I am astonished at the basic cruelty that happens in that country,...
made popular Jul 9 2008
The G8 leaders agreed Tuesday in Japan to support a 50% reduction in worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. However, developing nations including China and India...
made popular Jul 9 2008
The Group of Eight leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global...
made popular Jul 9 2008
The recent transformation in global political order has changed many things. One of them is that the world is no more moved by a few countries like G-7/8. The rise of...
made popular Jul 8 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - None of the G8 countries have come close to fulfilling their pledges to fight climate change with the United States, Canada and Russia lagging...
made popular Jul 3 2008
Nigeria’s nuclear programme is causing concern in G-8 countries. Although Nigeria’s nuclear programme is purely for power generation, the G8 nations are...
made popular Jun 30 2008
Energy ministers are meeting in Japan a day after a record one-day jump in the crude oil price, to $139 a barrel.
made popular Jun 8 2008
Schizophrenia prevails over global warming issue that most expectedly will rock the G8 summit in Germany with US inducting new plans while keeping the vital German...
made popular Jun 5 2007
The Gleneagles Hotel was the plush backdrop for the 31st summit of the world’s industrialized democracies in 2005. Mr. Tony Blair had set the priority of...
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The European Union has certainly given the fight against climate change a new direction by approving a compromise agreement binding member countries to environmental...
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An activist wears an anti-gas mask during a demonstration against a G8 Environment Ministers’ meeting in Siracusa, Sicily, Italy, Thursday, April 23, 2009.
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