U.S., UK back Berlin's G8 hedge fund initiative: paper
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Germany has won support from the United  States and Britain for an initiative to tighten controls on  hedge funds, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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Around two in three Germans support  Russian President Vladimir Putin's view that the United States  is on a mission to become the world's "one single master,"  according to a poll released on Tuesday.
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US Treasury Secretary John Snow, left, and his German counterpart Hans Eichel, shake hands during the G20 conference of finance ministers and central bank governors in Berlin on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004.
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Britain on Wednesday backed a U.S. call  to the United Nations to freeze the assets of a London-based  Saudi dissident who Washington says has provided support for al  Qaeda.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is seeking to secure US President George W. Bushs backing for a new international treaty that would end US isolation in the fight against global warming, a newspaper said.
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G8 leaders agree to spend $60bn (Â£30bn) fighting Aids in Africa, as their German summit draws to a close.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, Jun 4 (IPS) - Facing the probability that this year's G8  summit will be a failure -- mainly due to U.S. opposition to an  international consensus on environmental, financial, and African  cooperation issues -- the German government, host of the event,  is scaling down the expectations that it helped to stir in the  first place.
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Investors welcomed the decision by central banks in the United States, Europe and Britain to lend billions of dollars in multiweek loans to help lift struggling credit markets.
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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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NATO countries will endorse a plan next week to widen the alliance's role to include counter-terrorism, prevention of cyber attacks and security of natural resources, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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This fund combines the Pacific Rim and Europe.
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The United States, Germany and other G7  nations agreed on Saturday to write off up to 80 percent of  Iraq's $120 billion foreign debt in a move that could pave the  way for a wider international accord, officials said.
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BERLIN: The United States, Germany and other G7 nations agreed yesterday to write off up to 80 per cent or $33 billion of Iraq&#39;s Paris Club debt, which could pave the way for a wider international accord, officials said.
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Britain will seek Washington's support  to help it achieve goals on global poverty reduction, debt  relief and fair trade during London's G8 presidency next year,  finance minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday.
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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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LONDON, Nov 17  - US officials see a growing importance of the Group of 20 economic gathering and plan to use this week&#39;s Berlin forum to push pro-growth efforts, while hoping to avoid a row over the sagging dollar.
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BERLIN, May 18 (IPS) - The United States appears to be cooling off to some  key concerns at the G8 heads of state  summit next month.