Merkel faces troubled G8 summit
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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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Trade and climate set to top agenda as German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to China and Japan.
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Tony Blair is to meet German chancellor Angela Merkel - whose country is hosting the EU presidency - for talks.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is trapped between demands from NATO partners to send more troops to Afghanistan and strong domestic opposition to such a move.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the highest profile friend of the environment among major world leaders, faces a test of his mettle when he becomes head of the group of eight (G8) rich nations next month.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel answers reporters' questions as she arrives for a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels, March 8, 2007.Comment
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JOHANNESBURG, Jun 5 (IPS) - In the final hours before this week's Group of  Eight (G8) summit gets underway in Germany, activists have  underscored the need for progress with both climate change and  poverty alleviation -- key items on the meeting's agenda --  for there to be real improvement in Africa's living  conditions.
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G8 leaders will hold their first full day of talks amid climate change discord and a rift between Russia and the West.
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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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ROSTOCK, Germany  - Protesters and police clashed in the northern German port city of Rostock on Monday on a third day of demonstrations against the Group of Eight (G8) summit that will take place nearby later in the week.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Germany for talks with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, but the meeting between the good friends is likely to be overshadowed by developments in Ukraine.
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Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight nations met Wednesday to lay the groundwork for next week&#39;s summit in Germany as discord over climate change and Kosovo cast a shadow over the talks.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Group of Eight leaders seeking to focus on climate change and Africa at their summit this week may find it hard not to be distracted by the Russian bear glowering in the room.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday NATO would find a joint position on troubled Afghanistan at next week's summit to make sure its difficult mission there will be a success.Comment
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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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The G8 meeting is off to a rocky start, as protesters stymie transportation and Putin lobs threats.
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Europe's ties with Russia and Turkey dominate a summit between the leaders of France, Germany and Poland, with Chancellor Angela Merkel due to propose stepping up the pressure on Ankara over its troubled EU candidacy.