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Obama Cracks Jokes While Greeting High-Profile Guests

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.19.2012

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CAMP DAVID, Md. — Freedom of the press is a bit different at the G-8 summit. At Camp David, a highly secure compound in the woods ringed by lay...

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Maryland Town Preps For G-8 Protesters

AP | DAVID DISHNEAU | Posted 05.18.2012

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THURMONT, Md. — About a dozen activists prepared banners for roadside demonstrations Friday in Thurmont, Md., under the eyes of authorities dete...

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The Superhero Summit: G8 Leaders’ Chance To Change The World For Good

Richard Stearns | Posted 05.17.2012

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Richard Stearns

Will the G8 leaders at Camp David be able to overcome their own internal disputes and the ongoing challenges of the global economy in order to partner with African governments to save the 1 billion people in the world suffering from hunger?

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Chicago Rolls Back First Amendment Rights

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 03.20.2012

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Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

Recently the City Council voted to approve Mayor Emanuel's new protest ordinance. These restrictions are not only excessive, but they will also serve to prevent citizens from protesting and exercising their civil liberties.

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My Vote on the NATO/G-8 Ordinance

Joe Moreno | Posted 03.19.2012

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Joe Moreno

I voted yes on the NATO/G-8 Ordinance, proposed by Mayor Emanuel, today. While my original position was to vote against this ordinance, my opinion changed over the last two days, because of the changes made to the original proposal.

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Big Shoulders in Chicago and Kabul

Kathy Kelly | Posted 02.18.2012

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Kathy Kelly

NATO/G8 meetings are scheduled to take place from May 19-21 next year in Chicago. Plans are ramping up everywhere.

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Police Leader: G-8, NATO Will Bring In 'Wild Anarchists'

WBEZ | Posted 08.24.2011

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The head of the Chicago police union says the city is not ready to host two major summits that would bring both international leaders and protestors. ...

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Russian Investment Opportunities: The Drivers and the Hidden Gems

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 07.31.2011

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Gemma Godfrey

It is clear to see why investors place so much emphasis on the oil price as a dictator of Russia's financial health. Supplying some 11.4% of the world's oil supply last year, Russia is the "biggest single source outside the OPEC cartel."

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El-Erian: Strauss-Kahn Scandal Could Put IMF 'Under Huge Cloud'

Reuters | Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 07.16.2011

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This weekend’s detention of the IMF’s chief on allegations of sexual assault has implications that go well beyond the impact on Dominique Strauss-...

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The G-20 Vision Is Obsolete

Ervin Laszlo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ervin Laszlo

The final statements of the June 2010 Canada meetings of the G-8 and the G-20 make for impressive reading. All is well then? Hardly. A closer look reveals major problems.

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Congress Leads on Global Education: Will Obama Follow?

Joanne Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joanne Carter

While the administration has failed to deliver on President Barack Obama's pledge to create a new Global Fund for Education, Congress is increasingly showing support for the idea.

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China Faces the Challenges of International Leadership

Deborah Seligsohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deborah Seligsohn

In the wake of the global financial crisis, international relations are changing more rapidly than at any time since the end of World War II -- especially for burgeoning countries like China.

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Canada Spends $2 Million To Build Fake Lake For G-8 Summit

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 05.25.2011

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TORONTO — Canada's Conservative government is coming under heavy criticism from opposition parties for spending nearly $2 million for a fake lak...

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A Surprisingly Successful G-20 Summit

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Georges Ugeux

This year, President Obama drove a very different agenda -- one focused on discussing how the world can form global governance and cooperate to stimulate the ailing economies.

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Power Shift, the Stunning Rise of the G20

Barry D. Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barry D. Wood

In the span of just ten months, key developing countries have accomplished what they could not achieve in the previous half a century: They have shouldered aside the staid 7 nation club to take a seat at the table.

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Climate Change Requires a Real Movement

Mohamed Nasheed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mohamed Nasheed

For the Maldives, climate change is no vague or distant irritation but a clear and present danger to our survival.

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When Planning a Pregnancy Can Save a Woman's Life

Dr. Ana Langer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Ana Langer

The number of maternal deaths has remained virtually unchanged for the past two decades. This is unconscionable, and it's why the Group of Eight leaders recently agreed that the world must do more.

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25 Years After Band Aid, Diminished Foreign Aid and Drought Threaten Ethiopia's Food Security

Chloe Malle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chloe Malle

International aid agencies predict this winter may bring the worst food crisis to Ethiopia since the infamous famine of 1984-85.

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Jim Chanos Warned Brown, Geithner, and Others about Coming Financial Crash in 2007

Rob Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Johnson

Chanos and Paul Singer briefed prominent policy officials about the growing financial instability. They told officials that banks that were about to sink the global economy. They called for decisive action. And they were ignored.

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Larry Kudlow -- CNBC's Answer to Glenn Beck

Bill Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Mann

Fox News boor Bill O'Reilly is constantly whining about NBC's supposed liberal bias. Someone should remind this clown about Larry Kudlow, the capitalist tool.

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Diminishing Returns for Obama's Summiteering?

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Bradley

American media, especially cable TV news, is moving more into infotainment mode, stuck on a few areas. Geopolitics has never been its strong suit, and political coverage is mostly focused on food fights.

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From Climate Science to Climate Justice: Climate Change a Symptom of Man's Inhumanity to Man

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sanjay Khanna

The salient and problematic underlying political reality is that it climate change the culmination of longstanding processes of colonization and realpolitik.

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Obama: Congress "Tougher" Than G-8

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a summit of world leaders in Italy concluded, President Obama said dealing with Congress is more difficult than negotiating global issues with the ...

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Global Warming Accord Spells Lifestyle Changes

Yahoo! News | ARTHUR MAX, Associated Press Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leaders of the world's biggest and dirtiest economies have agreed for the first time to limit the warming of the earth to a relatively safe 2 degrees ...

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G8 Summit Opens To Developing Market Economies

AP | COLLEEN BARRY and JANE WARDELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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L'AQULA, Italy — Britain and the United States may see room for more stimulus. Germany is worried that it has done too much already. The leader...

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