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G8 leaders condemn us to poverty
By Sadie Robinson | An enormous economic crisis is gripping the world. In the Global South millions of people are being reduced to levels barely above starvation, as rising food and fuel prices help
Read More »Planet Burns While G8 Fiddles
By Ramesh Jaura | While the world’s major industrialised nations expressed satisfaction over their three-day summit meetings that concluded Wednesday, non-governmental organisations, after some early and limited approval, were deeply disappointed with the outcome
Read More »EMPIRE OF THE VANITIES
SchNews | In the run up to the annual meet and greet by world leaders (and ensuing mass insurrection on the other side of the police lines) at the G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan,
Read More »Protesters train at camps before Japan G8 summit
By Danielle Demetriou | Dreadlocks flailing in the wind, the man emitted a fierce cry as he ran down the quiet country lane towards me, brandishing a bamboo stick in each hand. Normally, I would
Read More »World’s top scientists say G8 must lead way on carbon capture
G8 governments must lead the way in developing technology to catch carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations as part of immediate action on climate change, scientists urged today. The national science academies in the
Read More »Brown urges G8 action on food scarcity
Patrick Wintour The Guardian, Gordon Brown raised fresh concerns about the impact of biofuels yesterday, as he put rising food prices on the world agenda by writing to fellow G8 leaders to prepare an
Read More »Anti-G8 activist detained and beaten
German activist Martin Kramer, en route to Japan to prepare for the Hokkaido G8 summit protests, was arrested by police in the city of Vanino in the Habarovsk region of the Russian Far East
Read More »Greenpeace boats enter G8 exclusion zone
Fred Attewill and Patrick Barkham Thursday June 7, 2007 Guardian Unlimited German police run over a Greenpeace boat in the exclusion zone near the G8 summit at Heiligendamm. Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters Greenpeace today
Read More »Anti-Globalization Protesters Block Access to G8
Patrick Donahue Anti-globalization protesters blocked roads leading to the Group of Eight summit venue in the northern German seaside resort of Heiligendamm today, as they attempted to disrupt the arrival of world leaders. Demonstrators
Read More »No firm climate targets from G8, U.S. says
Tabassum Zakaria and Crispian Balmer A summit of major powers in Germany will not agree to any firm targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday as G8 leaders
Read More »Authorities Build 7 Mile Fence Around G8 Summit
Police today shut off public access to the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm, the venue for next week’s Group of Eight summit in Germany. Authorities have built a seven-mile fence around Heiligendamm at a
Read More »US ‘fundamentally opposed’ to G8 emissions proposals
The US appears to have rejected draft proposals by Germany for G8 members to agree tough measures on greenhouse gas emissions, leaked documents have shown. Wide-ranging US amendments to a draft communiqué prepared ahead
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