Merkel expected to press China on climate
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is  expected to push for tougher global action against climate  change and ending human rights abuses in Darfur in meetings  with top Chinese officials on Monday.
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LONDON, Nov 1 (IPS) - Britain and Germany will seek to take joint lead   on initiatives to contain climate change at a conference in  Berlin this  week.
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Japan urged China to use its growing influence to make an impact on key global issues such as climate change during summit talks Friday that reflected the countries' warmer ties.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges Europe to lead the fight against global warming, ahead of an EU summit.
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The world&#39;s two biggest polluters, the US and China, will have an unprecedented chance to thrash out action on climate change at an upcoming summit in Australia, Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday.
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China will release its first national plan to tackle climate change next week, seeking to rebut international criticism that it is not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, officials said on Thursday.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday on his first trip abroad as prime minister, Merkel&#39;s spokesman said on Friday.
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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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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on  Tuesday pressed China to improve human rights and take on  greater international responsibilities as its global influence  grows.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged international cooperation in tackling climate change at a meeting Tuesday with Chancellor Angela Merkel, who plans to push President Bush at next week's Group of Eight summit for action to fight global warming.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has made climate change a key focus of her presidency of the G8 group of world leaders, flew Wednesday into Japan for talks a decade after the Kyoto Protocol.
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US criticised by Germany and China, but minister says emissions wrangle 'should not overshadow progress'
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Pending job cuts at Airbus are expected to top the agenda at a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac in Germany on Friday.Comment
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Climate change is a global problem that requires unity and "multilateral" agreements if it is to be defeated, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday
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Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that the Group of Eight has agreed on a plan calling for "substantial cuts" in the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.
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The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, went ahead with an informal meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama yesterday, despite China cancelling a meeting between a German minister and Chinese officials in an apparent expression of disapproval.
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German chancellor Angela Merkel is familiar with Cold War diplomacy, but on Wednesday she had her first encounter with Cool Biz diplomacy.