Critics see G-8 summit as cold-war relic
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The G-8 summit that President Bush and seven other world leaders are attending next weekend in Russia is often billed as a gathering of the world&#039;s leading economic powers.
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Leaders from the world&#39;s major  industrialized nations will try to paper over deep divisions on  global warming and a range of foreign policy issues when they  meet on the Baltic coast this week for a G8 summit.
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for the annual G-8 gathering of the world's industrialized power next week, he may be greeted with tense smiles and strained pleasantries.
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UNITED NATIONS, Jun 5 (IPS) - When leaders of the world's most advanced  economies -- also known as the Group of Eight (G8) -- tried to  set new targets to fight climate change at their summit in  Britain in 2005, the United States balked.
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A U.S. plan to forge a network of  partnerships around NATO from Scandinavia to Asia will get the  thumbs-down at a summit next week from members wary of the  alliance going global, diplomats said on Friday.
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Leaders from the main industrial powers are in Germany for a G8 summit overshadowed by US-Russia tensions.
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"As the G8 we must come to a common understanding on how we can fight climate change. But as I stand here today, I am not sure that we will manage this in Heiligendamm"  (CP) - The leaders of the world's wealthiest countries are headed for a showdown next month on how to tackle climate change, with the United States pitted against European nations on how to move forward.Where Canada stands on this major rift remains a mystery leading up to the G8 meetings in Heiligendamm, Germany, beginning June 6.The three days of meetings are widely regarded as a bellwether for the success of the United Nations-led efforts to start a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Talks on that second phase, which would include countries such as India and China, begin December in Bali. Read more
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Tony Blair will get short shrift from George W. Bush on global warming when he leads the G8 in 2005 but the fight with Washington might help him shed the "poodle" tag he got over support for the Iraq war, analysts say.
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Leaders from the world's major industrialized nations will try to paper over deep divisions on global warming and a range of foreign policy issues when they meet on the Baltic coast this week for a G8 summit.
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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Crumbling sport stadiums still  stand in many African capitals, the enduring symbols of China's  Cold War courtship of the world's poorest continent during the  1960s and 1970s.
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Analysis: George Bush again played roadblock-in-chief at the G8 summit. But he has a point: the G8 is largely irrelevant to making real progress on carbon emissions
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China and India once waited for crumbs from the table of the world&#39;s wealthiest nations but at the G8 summit in Germany this week the two rapidly growing economies will be dining as near equals.
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NATO led criticism on Monday of  President Vladimir Putin&#39;s latest attack on a planned U.S.  missile shield, but Western reaction was generally muted ahead  of a Group of Eight (G8) encounter with Putin this week.
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Japan is considering inviting Asian countries, including China and ASEAN states, to this year's Group of Eight (G8) summit, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Germany's Angela Merkel faces difficult G8 talks amid rows over missile defence and climate change goals.
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See forgotten Cold War-era amusements in all their glory.