Ministers in talks for G8 summit
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G8 foreign ministers meet in Germany to discuss issues including climate change before next week's summit.
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Finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 20 countries (G20) kicked off a two-day meeting here Saturday to assess the current economic situation and global growth prospects.
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Ministers from six world powers will meet in London on Friday to discuss how to tackle Iran over its nuclear program, with the United States, backed by Britain, expected to press for sanctions against Tehran.
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BERLIN, May 24  (IPS) - With two weeks to go to this year's summit of  heads of state and government of the world's eight most  industrialised countries (G8), respect for demonstrators'  rights and the fulfilment of the group's economic aid  promises for Africa are at the heart of the preparations.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will Friday meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G8 summit, with tensions between the two countries at a post-Soviet low.
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Tony Blair meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss aid and climate change ahead of the G8 summit.
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Saving world trade talks and bolstering  global financial systems against fiscal crises were the focus  of finance ministers of the United States, China and other  Pacific Rim economies meeting in Vietnam on Thursday.
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair is heading Wednesday for his swangsong G8 summit, battling to make good on pledges on Africa and climate change at talks clouded by a growing row with Russia.
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Ministers from trade powers tried on Sunday to push forward talks for a long-delayed deal to boost global commerce and ease poverty which risks running out of time this year.
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Top ministers from 21 economies ringing the Pacific Ocean gathered in Chile to convene high-level talks on free trade and global security as university students clashed with police to protest the summit and weekend visit of US President George W. Bush.
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Tony Blair heads to Germany this week for his last G8 summit as prime minister, hoping to secure greater commitments on aid to Africa and movement on a new deal to tackle climate change.
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Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations gather in London to discuss the global economy.
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Energy minister from Bangladesh, India and Burma are to meet to discuss a joint gas pipeline project.
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With fears of a global recession growing, trade ministers met in the Swiss Alps on Saturday to see if they could advance long-stalled global commerce talks and provide a boost to a troubled world economy.
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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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Saving world trade talks and bolstering   global financial systems against fiscal crises were the focus   of finance ministers of the United States, China and other   Pacific Rim economies meeting in Vietnam on Thursday.