Blair and Merkel meet before G8
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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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Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight nations gather in Germany on Wednesday to discuss the nuclear standoff with Iran, the unresolved conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and other pressing international issues.
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The G8 summit opens in Germany amid discord over climate change and a rift between Russia and the West.
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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair is greeted by Finland's Prime Minister Maati Vahanen, whose country currently holds the European Union presidency, prior a European Union summit in Brussels.Comment
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Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations and about 20 Arab countries across North Africaand the Middle East are scheduled to meet on Saturday here to discuss reforms
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Berlin on Tuesday ahead of his first G8 summit, saying the Asian power would use its clout to act as a go-between in the fraught debate on climate change.
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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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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was meeting with Mideast leaders as part of a push for renewed efforts in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair Thursday for talks on improving trans-Atlantic relations and the importance of pushing forward the Middle East peace process.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss his personal peace initiatives for the region, the next leg on a flying visit which took him to Iraq the previous day.
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French President Jacques Chirac today meets Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks expected to centre on Franco-German tension over a major restructuring plan for European aircraft manufacturer Airbus.Comment
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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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BERLIN -- Days before hosting a Group of Eight summit that has already drawn violent protests, German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday said she welcomed President Bush's initiative on global warming but insisted it must fall within the framework of United Nations treaty negotiations. Merkel made the comments during a news conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, who concurred ...
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair visits his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi with Italy on high alert after a terror threat.
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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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Leaders from the main industrial powers are in Germany for a G8 summit overshadowed by US-Russia tensions.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2004. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters.