U.S.-Russia tensions, climate in focus as G8 meets
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers gather on Germany's Baltic coast on Wednesday for a G8 summit likely to be dominated by U.S.-Russia tensions and wrangling over global warming.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - President George W. Bush   arrived in Russia on Friday planning to press President   Vladimir Putin at a weekend G8 summit over concerns the Kremlin   is curbing the rights of the Russian opposition and media.
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The U.S. and Europe headed toward a compromise solution Friday at the U.N. climate conference, breaking a deadlock over how ambitious the goal should be in negotiating future cutbacks in global warming gases
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Leaders from major industrial powers are in Germany for a G8 summit overshadowed by US-Russia tensions.
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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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The United States and European Union stepped back from confrontation Friday as global talks on climate change headed into extra time amid hopes they could still thrash out a compromise.
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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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US President George W Bush tries to soothe a missile row with Russia as a key G8 summit begins in Germany.
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The U.S. and Europe headed toward a compromise solution Friday at the U.N. climate conference, breaking a deadlock over how ambitious the goal should be in negotiating future cutbacks in global warming gases, the German environment minister said.
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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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Tensions between Britain and Russia have been aggravated by the poisoning death of a former Russian spy in London &#151; an issue that could strain sensitive negotiations on issues as diverse as energy, NATO expansion, and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea.
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BERLIN -- Germany and some of its partners in the Group of 8 leading industrial economies are bracing for a major conflict with the United States at a summit meeting next week, with the Bush administration expected to block a declaration on global warming, European officials said during the weekend.
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Talks on global warming in the United States next week may be complicated by differences among developing countries as their climate policy positions diverge.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States said on Wednesday it opposed setting firm targets for greenhouse gas cuts at a G8 summit but offered reassurance that its plan for fighting climate change would not undermine U.N. efforts.
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MOSCOW - The US and Russian presidents, George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, will hold a summit in the Slovak capital Bratislava, on February 24, the Kremlin said on Monday.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush criticized Russia on democracy on Tuesday but sought to calm President Vladimir Putin's anger over U.S. missile shield plans on the eve of a G8 summit in Germany.
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WASHINGTON, Sep 30 (IPS) - Thursday's decision by the Russian government  to  endorse ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to curb greenhouse  gas emissions  has thrown a particularly stark spotlight on the  degree to which President  George W Bush has isolated the United  States on the issue of global  warming, as well as other  transnational problems.