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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The European Union and Russia moved closer on thorny issues of trade and political relations at a summit here on Friday that steered clear of confrontation on major policy disputes.
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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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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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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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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin held oceanside talks on Monday to try to ease tensions that have taken their countries' relations to a post-Cold War low.
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By DAVID STRINGER LONDON - The United States is preparing to reject new targets on climate change at a Group of Eight summit next month, dashing German and British hopes for a new global pact on carbon emissions, according to a document released by environmentalists.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Union leaders were to hold a summit on Friday at which hosts Portugal intended to patch up relations with Moscow despite brewing disputes.
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Russia took a fresh swipe at the United States on Tuesday over its missile shield plans, raising tensions on the eve of a big power summit that could also expose divisions on climate change and aid for Africa.
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BERLIN -- Setting an uncompromising tone before the start of the Group of Eight summit meeting in Germany on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow would be forced to find missile targets of its own in Europe if the United States built its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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The Russian government will discuss ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday, the government press service said on Wednesday, in a sign Russia is finally making up its mind to back the climate change pact.
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In advance of the G8 summit, European leaders are wary of the President's new proposal on addressing climate change
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Leaders from major industrial powers are in Germany for a G8 summit overshadowed by US-Russian tensions.
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for the annual G-8 gathering of the world's industrialized power next week, he may be greeted with tense smiles and strained pleasantries.
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US President George W. Bush left for Europe and the G8 summit on Monday, facing a growing rift with his Russian counterpart and searching questions over his new initiative on climate change.
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President Vladimir Putin is expected to assert a Russian view of global security sharply at odds with that of the United States, when he speaks at a security conference.
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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.