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Buy Local, buy better, buy France! (Charlie Fraser) (VEF French Property: Latest News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:33:00 GMT

Food prices across the globe have been rising substantially over the last year, most notably rice and wheat. Gordon Brown, who is pushing for the issue to be on the agenda for the G8 summit in Japan, explained that food prices are up 45% and food reserves are at a 30 year low. These food price rises are pinching the pockets of the UK consumer.

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Hokkaido coin to mark G8 summit (Japan Times)

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:29:44 GMT

A ¥1,000 coin bearing the design of Hokkaido's Lake Toya, the site of this year's Group of Eight summit, and Japanese red-crowned cranes, a symbol of Hokkaido, will be issued in time for the July 7-9... Read more ...

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God save her ... and him too (Times Online)

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:04:15 GMT

2005. At a G8 Summit dinner hosted by the Queen, news has broken that London has won the 2012 Olympic bid.

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Govt Picks Windsor Hotel Toya's Nakamura As Chief G-8 Summit Chef (Nikkei)

Sat, 10 May 2008 10:28:03 GMT

Govt Picks Windsor Hotel Toya's Nakamura As Chief G-8 Summit ChefSAPPORO, Hokkaido Pref. (Kyodo)--The Foreign Ministry has selected Katsuhiro Nakamura, the executive chef of the Windsor Hotel Toya, the venue for July's Group of Eight summit, as chief chef for the summit tasked with supervising the preparation of cuisine for government leaders, ministry officials said Saturday.

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America's awesome influence over the G8 (Daniel W. Drezner)

Tue, 06 May 2008 04:38:39 GMT

From today's Financial Times: Dan Price, the international economics official at the White House National Security Council, said the Group of Eight rich countries must lead by example. Mr Price, one of the key officials preparing for the July G8 summit in Japan, told the Financial Times that the group should issue a strong . . . statement on open investment and trade policies. This should be aimed...

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International Trade Union Statement to G-8 Summit (Relentlessly Progressive Economics) (Progressive Bloggers)

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:22:11 GMT

The annual trade union statement to the G-8 was posted today at- http://www.tuac.org/e-docs/00/00/02/3F/document_news.phtml I think its a pretty good analysis of the economic conjuncture, and the needed policy response. The Executive Summary is pasted below: 1. The crucial issues on the G8 Summit agenda — climate change, development and Africa — remain central for the Global Labour movement which insists...

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Japanese premier's troubles deepen ahead of G8 summit (The Irish Times)

Mon, 05 May 2008 03:16:49 GMT

JAPAN: Hopes that Yasou Fukuda would heal his party's fortunes are fading fast, writes David McNeill in Tokyo

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EC to G8: Match our ambitious carbon goals (Japan Times)

Thu, 01 May 2008 02:26:24 GMT

The European Commission will push members of the Group of Eight industrialized countries to equal the European Union's commitment to fighting global warming when the G8 summit opens in July in the... Read more ...

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Four Richmond Secondary students win trip to G-8 Summit (News1130 - All News Radio)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:27:36 GMT

Four students from Richmond Secondary School have won a national competition to travel to this year's G-8 Summit in Japan. They'll be attending the UNICEF 'Junior 8 Summit' in July. The Richmond Secondary ...

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Seijigiri #44: The Gas Tax Vote, the LDP’s Trouble With Elderly Voters, (Trans-Pacific Radio)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:15:51 GMT

In this edition of Seijigiri, co-hosts Garrett DeOrio and Ken Worsley begin by noting that Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has just returned from a visit to Russia, where he announced over the weekend that he has no intention to reshuffle his Cabinet before the G-8 summit in July. With this show being recorded on Tuesday the [...]

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Baithak World Apr 29: India-China-G8, NYT-SunPost, Gen Suleimani, McCain -Fareed Z, Syria, Israel, RealNews (baithak)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:35:28 GMT

India and China have been wary about joining an expanded G8 owing to fears of being coaxed and cajoled into making unfair concessions on the Doha Development Round or on carbon emission caps. Both countries attended the 2007 G8 Summit in Germany as "outreach countries" but forthrightly rejected the deal announced at this meeting for the US to abide by environmental targets conditional upon New Delhi...

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Zoellick Responds to Japan's Prime Minister (ONE)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:18:27 GMT

Yesterday, World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick released a statement about Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda’s call to put the world hunger crisis on the agenda for the July G8 meeting. “I welcome Prime Minister Fukuda’s intention to put the food crisis firmly on the agenda of the G8 summit in Japan in July, and his [...]

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NGOs tell Japan to show leadership at G8 summit (Japan Times)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:59:59 GMT

KYOTO — This year's Group of Eight summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, could end up a failure unless Japan demonstrates strong leadership and the political will to forge agreements among the members on... Read more ...

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Germanys Merkel urges action to dampen food prices (Christian Today)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:59:38 GMT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged countries across the globe to take action to dampen food price inflation adding that the issue would be raised at the next Group of Eight G8 summit

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Emerging countries discuss global issues ahead of G8 summit. (2point6billion.com)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:33:27 GMT

Emerging countries India, China, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa - the outreach countries of the G8 met in Beijing yesterday ahead of the G8 summit to be held in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido in July. The outreach countries, also permanent invitees to the G8 are meeting to discuss multilateral trade and climate change issues. The [...]

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Summit wicked this way comes (Japan Times)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:18:12 GMT

You've probably heard about July's G8 Summit in Toyako, in my home prefecture of Hokkaido. In case you're unfamiliar with the event, here's a primer from the Foreign Affairs Ministry: You've probably heard about July's G8 Summit in Toyako, in my home prefecture of Hokkaido. In case you're... Read the full story.

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G8 summit to discuss food price rises (OTB News)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:41:05 GMT

Food prices will be on the agenda of heads of state in July for the first time in almost 30 years, amid mounting concerns about the social, political and economic impact Share This

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G8 summit to discuss food price rises (Financial Time)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:56:00 GMT

Food prices will be on the agenda of heads of state in July for the first time in almost 30 years, amid mounting concerns about the social, political and economic impact

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India discusses G8 issues, talks with China Tuesday (Thaindian News)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:17:03 GMT

Beijing/New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Ahead of the G8 summit in Japan in July, India and four other “outreach countries” Monday held talks to evolve a common stand on key global issues, including climate change and multilateral trade negotiations. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, who arrived in Beijing on a three-day visit, attended a preparatory meeting [...]

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India stresses equity in climate change regime (Thaindian News)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:26:08 GMT

Mumbai/New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Ahead of the G8 summit in Japan in July, India Monday made a vigorous pitch for equity in global negotiations on climate change and outlined the country’s strategy for sustainable and clean development. “India’s stand in international negotiations is based on the simple principle - the polluter pays,” Prime Minister [...]

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