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U.S. envoy arrives in N. Korea for denuclearization talks
Seoul :: South Korea | 1 day ago
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Chief U.S. policymaker on North Korea Stephen Bosworth arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a three-day visit aimed at persuading North Korea to return to the stalled six-party denuclearization talks, according to North Korean official media. To access...
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EPA to move on emissions as Congress stalls
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 1 day ago
Credibility Environmental Protection Agency will formally declare that greenhouse gases endanger human health Monday, allowing President Barack Obama to show action as a major climate change summit opened in Copenhagen. The EPA finding will allow it to regulate...
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Ottawa plans G8 first, G20 second
Ottawa :: Canada | 8 days ago
Credibility And while Prime Minister Stephen Harper has yet to announce official details for the G20 summit expected for around the same time, federal sources say it's safe to assume it will be held immediately after the G8. The order of the two summits is a simple...
Tags: Canada, Fen Hampson, Ottawa, emerging economies, g20 summit, Japan, Diplomatic conferences, 35th G8 summit, Politics, 36th G8 summit, G-20 major economies, International organizations, G8
UN leader optimistic about climate talks --
Beijing :: China | 11 days ago
Credibility The Commonwealth covers so many countries, some of the most vulnerable small island states which really suffer from climate change. I must say I was encouraged by the engagement from all leaders attending the meeting and looking forward to the community...
Tags: climate change, Copenhagen, prime minister, Trinidad and Tobago, presidency nicolas, Commonwealth, Nicolas Sarkozy, climate summit, Indian High Commission, climate talk, China, Beijing, Environment, Carbon finance, Diplomatic conferences, Politics, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, Kyoto Protocol, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Commonwealth of Nations, European Union, Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions, Ban Ki-moon, Outline of Trinidad and Tobago, Nanjing, Barack Obama, Government of Andorra, G8, Gursharan Kaur
Letters: Small is beautiful for food security
London :: United Kingdom | 15 days ago
Credibility Letters Small is beautiful for food security Governments at the world summit on food security at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome last week took few of the required steps to respond to rising hunger ( World leaders...
Tags: food security, global food, FAO, United Kingdom, London, World Summit on Food Security, world food price crisis, Food, G8, Hunger, Disaster Accident, Business Finance, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food politics, Environment
Toronto wants to host next summer's G20 conference
Toronto :: Canada | 17 days ago
Credibility As the Prime Minister's Office debates where to hold the G20 summit next summer, the City of Toronto says it's up to the task. An unnamed press aide from the Prime Minister's Office said, "No decision has been made. An announcement will be made in due...
Tags: University of Toronto, Tourism Toronto, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Huntsville, Jenilee Guebert, g20 summit, Canada, Toronto, G-20 major economies, Huntsville Ontario, 36th G8 summit, International organizations, Diplomatic conferences, G8
UN official questions world's hunger commitment
Rome :: Italy | 17 days ago
Credibility The director of a U.N. food agency questioned Wednesday how world powers could commit so much money to fighting the financial crisis and not to feeding the 1 billion hungry...Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome ended with little new...
Tags: Jacques Diouf, Oxfam, U.N. Food, Norway, Italy, Rome, Diplomatic conferences, Malnutrition, Diouf, Hunger, G8, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food politics, International organizations
World Economic Forum Summit Begins in Dubai
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 17 days ago
Credibility Participants of the three-day event will look at ways that international institutions like the G20, World Bank and United Nations can improve. Philip Walter Wellman Dubai 20 November 2009 Share This Hundreds of influential thinkers from around the world...
Tags: world economic, economic forum, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, G8, Economy of Switzerland, Foundations, World Economic Forum, Business Finance, Environment
Is G20 more than Toronto can handle?
Huntsville :: AL :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility With the federal government musing about relocating next June's Group of 20 summit to Toronto from Muskoka, downtown could be flooded with road closures, protests and security barriers. "Wherever they're going to do this in the city, things are going...
Tags: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Huntsville Mayor Claude Doughty, Muskoka, g20 summit, Huntsville, Deerhurst Resort, Summit, 36th G8 summit, G-20 Pittsburgh summit, Politics, International organizations, G-20 major economies, G8
G7 meeting to be held in Iqaluit
Ottawa :: Canada | 19 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 9:27PM EST F or those unfamiliar with the dark skies and bitter cold of an authentic Iqaluit winter, Rannva Erlingsdottir Simonsen has some advice. “If they have one good, warm winter coat, I recommend they bring...
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