Rich nations shy away from stiff 2020 goals
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Industrial nations were shying away from fixing stiff 2020 guidelines for greenhouse gases cuts at U.N. talks on Friday in what environmentalists said would be a vote for "dangerous" climate change.
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The power of rich nations needs to be reined in, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tells the World Social Forum.
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BERLIN, Nov 20  - The finance chiefs of the Group of 20 countries oppose &quot;abrupt changes&quot; in foreign exchange rates and oil prices and see a slight slowdown in economic growth next year, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said Saturday.
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&#39;China is a sleeping giant. And when she awakes, she shall astonish the world.&#39; The truth of Napoleon&#39;s warning, made more than two centuries ago, is beginning to resonate in the world&#39;s richest nations.
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One can't allow in Europe that some countries say 'we're sufficiently rich to lower our taxes' -- to as low as zero in some cases -- but at the same time ask the countries of old Europe to pay structural funds ...
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The world&#039;s richest countries are  falling short on pledges made to Africa a year ago on providing  life-saving AIDS drugs, expanding trade and boosting aid, said  activist rock star Bono.
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BERLIN, Jun 1 (IPS) - The five strongest developing countries -- Brazil,  China, India, Mexico, and South Africa -- will have a place at  the Group of Eight summit of the richest countries Jun. 6-8 in  Heiligendamm, Germany, both as partners and as competitors of the  industrialised world.
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Rich countries are giving only half the amount they promised to help to slow world population growth, the UN says.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (IPS) - Some of the richest states European Union are doing  little to contribute to the Millennium Development Goals, says a  new report by three leading development groups.
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GENEVA, Oct 23 (IPS) - Rich countries have failed to carry out reform of  their domestic farm subsidies programmes to reduce distortions in  global trade, says a senior official of the Paris-based  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a  grouping of 30 wealthy nations.
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The United Kingdom on Friday urged the world's richest nations to rise to the challenge of creating "enduring global prosperity" by removing trade barriers and stepping up aid for poorer countries.
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Rich nations failed to agree at meetings this weekend on a plan for canceling the debts the world&#39;s poorest countries owe to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
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More than 100 nations struggled yesterday to strike a balance between what rich and poor countries must do to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming.
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Finance leaders from the world's richest  nations pledged on Saturday to work together to stabilize world  financial markets shaken by the U.S. housing debacle that is  puncturing global economic growth.
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BERLIN: A communique from the G20 group of rich and developing countries made no explicit reference to currency swings on Sunday, despite mounting concern in Europe and Japan over a slide in the US dollar to multi-year lows.
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Climate change and Russian concerns over an American missile defense plan are expected to dominate todayâs meeting of wealthy democracies.
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The G7 wealthy nations on Saturday predicted solid economic growth and subdued inflation this year while repeating currency declarations that some economists believe could limit the dollar's decline.