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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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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WASHINGTON - US President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Slovakia in late February as part of the American administration&#39;s attempts to smooth international relations, according to reports.
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Political tensions are expected to overshadow progress on climate change and African aid as leaders gathered Wednesday for the annual Group of Eight Summit being held in Heiligendamm, Germany.
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Less than a week before the G8 summit, tensions between the United States and Russia reached a new peak Thursday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin accusing Washington of starting a new arms race over its plans to develop a missile defense shield in Europe.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G8 summit Friday, with relations between the two countries at a post-Soviet low.
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But dear old Dubya has other plans World leaders are set to meet today to discuss the effects of climate change and possible political measures to tackle it.â¦
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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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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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In a chilly summit prelude, President Bush blocked Russia&#039;s entry into the World Trade Organization on Saturday and President Vladimir Putin mockingly said Moscow doesn&#039;t want the kind of violence-plagued democracy the United States has fostered in Iraq.
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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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US President Bush and other G8 leaders are in Germany for a summit overshadowed by US-Russia tensions.
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HOHEN DEMZIN, Germany, June 7 -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's greatest accomplishment in advance of this week's G-8 summit had nothing to do with global warming or easing tensions with Russia. Rather, it was just persuading her reclusive husband to show up.
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Â· Europe tour may anger Kremlin before G8 summitÂ· Moscow comments are unhelpful, says Nato
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The Russian government said on Wednesday  it would discuss ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on global climate  change to which Moscow holds the key.
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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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Talks on global warming in the United States next week may be complicated by differences among developing countries as their climate policy positions diverge.