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10 min ago | CKNW News Talk 980

Clooney at G-8, tours ruins, says he'll shoot film in Italy quake area

Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, and actor George Clooney tour earthquake damage on the sidelines of a G8 summit, in St.

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4 hrs ago | CKNW News Talk 980

Stephen Harper momentarily absent for another summit photo

The G8 leaders and the leaders of the developing nations wait for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to arrive to a family photo during the G8 Summit.

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8 hrs ago | FOX6Now.com - WITI

Michelle Obama and other first spouses tour quake-hit Italian city hosting G-8 summit

Michelle Obama and other first spouses toured the center of L'Aquila Thursday to see the destruction wrought by an earthquake in the Italian city hosting world leaders this week for the Group of Eight summit.

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13 hrs ago | Xinhuanet

G8 lowers target of emission reduction

G8 agreed to limit global warming to within 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Europe, World News, Germany, Angela Merkel

17 hrs ago | Southern FM

G8 Summit: 'Historic' Climate Change Vow

Prime Minsiter Gordon Brown has hailed a "historic" agreement between the world's major industrialised nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

Andover Advertiser

G8 supports UK in Iran embassy row

Britain has won strong support from the G8 nations in its row with Iran over a detained embassy employee.

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Related Topix: Travel, Iran Travel, World News

KIDK-TV Idaho Falls

G-8 leaders agree on climate target

President Barack Obama joined other leaders of the industrialized world Wednesday in backing new targets for battling global warming.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Europe, World News, China, Asia, George Bush, W.

Reuters Video

VIDEO: Economy tops G8 agenda

Jul 08 - Leaders from the Group of Eight nations are meeting in the Italian town of L'Aquila to discuss the economic crisis and their goals on climate change.

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Penticton Herald

G-8 leaders to be given handcraft books on Canova and gold coins from Italy

World leaders attending the Group of Eight summit opening today in Italy will each be presented with a gift from the past and one for the future.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Canada, Silvio Berlusconi,

Guardian Unlimited

Italy lawmaker resigns after making racist chant - AP

A A A' An Italian lawmaker in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's coalition has resigned after being filmed singing a racist chant about Naples and its residents.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Silvio Berlusconi

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Chinese president misses G8 to deal with Xinjiang uprising

Hu Jintao, the Chinese president, has broken away from the G8 summit in Italy and returned home to deal with race riots that have claimed 156 lives so far.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao,

Hispanic Business

Global Warming Expected to Be Top Issue at Summit in Italy

One question could dominate this week's gathering of the world's top economic powers in Italy: Will the United States and Europe act by themselves to cut emissions of the heat-trapping gases that are causing long-term global warming and will they be able to persuade fast-developing nations such as China and India to go along? President Barack Obama ...

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Related Topix: Global Warming, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Denmark,

ABC7 Chicago

36 arrested at anti-G-8 protest in Rome

Police arrested 36 activists Tuesday after clashes at a Rome demonstration against this week's Group of Eight summit in central Italy.

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Coast Reporter

Italy deploys thousands of policemen for G8 summit

Italian paramilitary police officers patrol the area around the Coppito neighborhood, in L'Aquila, Italy.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Alternative, Tarantino, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Silvio Berlusconi

The Age

Obama to seek friendlier faces in Moscow

Barack Obama, Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha during Fourth of July celebrations at the White House.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, World News, George Bush, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

CBS News

A Glance At Obama's Overseas Itinerary

A glance at President Barack Obama's itinerary for his overseas trip: TUESDAY, JULY 7, IN RUSSIA _Meets with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Giorgio Napolitano,

Mon Jul 06, 2009

WPMT-TV York

G8 leaders seek common ground on ending economic stimulus, climate change, dealing with Iran

Leaders of the Group of Eight will push for common positions on promoting democracy in Iran, combatting climate change and coordinating their exits from huge government stimulus measures - even amid a growing sense that the group's pre-eminence may be fading.

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Related Topix: Silvio Berlusconi, Europe, World News, Germany, Angela Merkel

KSWB-TV San Diego

UN chief urges rich countries to increase development aid, improve health services

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged governments on Monday to increase development aid for the poorest countries and to improve health services, saying nations have moved too slowly to meet their goals of eradicating poverty and hunger.

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FOX6Now.com - WITI

Brown, Sarkozy push for sanctions on tax havens,...

The leaders of France and Britain pushed Monday for ambitious targets for tackling climate change and cracking down on uncooperative tax havens, ahead of upcoming meetings with other heads of state this week and in September.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News,

Reuters

VIDEO: G8 leaders 'fiddling' says Oxfam

Jul 06 - G8 leaders who will meet in Italy are fiddling like the ancient Roman emperor Nero while Africa is 'burning', global development group Oxfam says.

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