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Ahead of G20, Obama, Sarkozy Seek United Economic Front

Nick McMaster — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:48:37 CST

President Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy discussed ways to stabilize the world economy and prevent another global financial crisis today at the White House ahead of the G8 and G20 meetings, Bloomberg reports. While the two countries would seem to be at odds on world finance—many French officials believe that...

Group of 8 Cedes Role in Economy to Group of 20

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:34:41 CDT

An administration official says the Group of 20 nations will become a permanent council on global economic cooperation—broadening the number of countries involved in the role currently filled by the Group of Eight major industrial nations. The G-8 would continue to meet on matters of common importance such as...

Berlusconi's Skeevy Love Life Vs. the G8

Rob Quinn — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:50:11 CDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is playing host to world leaders at the G8 meeting but many Italians fear his penchant for hosting teenage girls and escorts at his villa will overshadow and hurt the summit, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sex scandals have dogged the PM for months, trying...

Aftershocks Rattle G8 Organizers

Rob Quinn — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:08:52 CDT

Italy's decision to shift the G8 summit to the quake-damaged city of L'Aquila has raised major safety fears as aftershocks continue to rattle the region, reports the Washington Post . A 4.1 magnitude temblor hit the area Friday, with the epicenter just half a mile from where world leaders will...

Quake-Ravaged G8 Setting Still Tent City

Jason Farago — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:44:53 CDT

World leaders have begun arriving in Italy for the G8 summit, which at the last minute Silvio Berlusconi relocated to L'Aquila—the devastated town where 300 died in a massive earthquake. While many praised the Italians for quickly rehousing the victims, rebuilding has been stalled and 15,000 people are...

Emerging Economies Gain Clout in G-20

Erin Mendell — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:34:00 CST

The plans outlined by global leaders at the meeting to deal with the financial crisis reflect a shifting balance of power, with emerging economies such as Brazil, India, and China gaining influence, the Washington Post reports. And the Europeans largely got what they wanted from the summit, French President Nicolas...

War Highlights McCain's Stance on Russia

Sam Biddle — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:45:43 CDT

The past several days of intense combat in Georgia have underscored John McCain’s longrunning hardline stance against Vladimir Putin’s Russia, the New York Times reports. In an aspect of the candidate's track record that has received relatively little attention, McCain has called for Russia’s expulsion from the Group of 8,...

Vague G8 Goals Deflate Green Hopes

Rob Quinn — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:08:39 CDT

G8 leaders are hailing an agreement to cut carbon emissions in half by 2050 as "major progress" in combating climate change—but their failure to come up with concrete shorter-term goals is a major letdown, Bryan Walsh writes in Time . The agreement, so vague it doesn't even say which year...

G8 Agrees to Cut Emissions 50%

Kevin Spak — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:17:10 CDT

The G8 leaders have resolved to cut greenhouse gases in half by 2050, something they’d only agreed to “seriously consider” before. But the US has resisted setting any interim goals, the BBC reports, leading environmentalists to deride the pact. The group will also try to convince some 200 other UN...