Bush facing pressure on global warming at G8 summit
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President George W. Bush is under pressure from European allies to give ground on climate change at next week's meeting of the world's richest countries, but policy experts say prospects for a breakthrough are slim.
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Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened Thursday to overshadow a summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.Comment
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By DAVID STRINGER LONDON - The United States is preparing to reject new targets on climate change at a Group of Eight summit next month, dashing German and British hopes for a new global pact on carbon emissions, according to a document released by environmentalists.
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US President George W. Bush on Saturday praised US &quot;global leadership and generosity&quot; ahead of a Group of Eight summit in Germany expected to be marked by massive protests against the war in Iraq.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States will refuse to agree to targets and timetables for cutting greenhouse gases at a summit of the Group of Eight starting on Wednesday, a senior adviser to President George W. Bush said.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday called on G8 leaders meeting this week to agree concrete measures to help Africa and on the United States to go further in proposals on climate change.
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House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday President George W. Bush should be open to plans to fight climate change at a G8 meeting and willing to move forward in new ways with his partners.
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President Bush is preparing a separate climate change meeting in Washington later in the week.
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Just days before hosting a Group of Eight summit that has already drawn violent protests, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday described President Bush's new initiative on global warming as "very welcome," but insisted it must fall within the framework of United Nations treaty negotiations.
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U.S. President George W. Bush hopes to spur momentum for a world trade pact and a global target on climate change at this week's APEC summit in Sydney, but host Australia has warned not to expect binding greenhouse targets.
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President Bush's new global warming plan greeted with skepticism at this week's world summit in Germany.
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HOHEN DEMZIN, Germany, June 7 -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's greatest accomplishment in advance of this week's G-8 summit had nothing to do with global warming or easing tensions with Russia. Rather, it was just persuading her reclusive husband to show up.
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President George W. Bush hopes to spur momentum for a world trade pact and a global target on climate change at this week's APEC summit in Sydney, but host Australia has warned not to expect binding greenhouse targets.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium   Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened to overshadow Thursday's summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.Comment
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush sought to calm tensions with Moscow on Thursday ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany.
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U.S. President George W. Bush hopes  to spur momentum for a world trade pact and a global target on  climate change at this week&#39;s Asia-Pacific summit but the Iraq  debate at home looms as a distraction.
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President George W. Bush unveiled a  long-term strategy on climate change on Thursday, with plans to  gather the countries that emit the most greenhouse gases and  set a global emissions goal.