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NORAD Intercepts 2 Aircraft Near Camp David

AP | Posted 05.19.2012

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CAMP DAVID, Md. -- Military aircraft have intercepted two small planes in restricted airspace around Camp David, where world leaders are gathering for...

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Obama, World Leaders In Agreement On Iran Nuclear Program

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2012

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CAMP DAVID, Md., May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday leaders of the Group of Eight major economies are committed to cont...

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Europe's Economic Woes Overshadow G8 Summit

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

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By Jeff Mason and Laura MacInnis CAMP DAVID, Md., May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged at a Group of Eight summit on...

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The Ethiopian Engima

Ben Rawlence | Posted 05.20.2012

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The G-8 Summit invitation to Meles Zenawi demonstrates that whatever the Obama administration has learned from the Arab Spring, it doesn't apply to Africa. It should. Cosseting autocratic regimes rarely ends well for anybody.

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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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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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Health and Work in the Age of Aging

Michael Hodin | Posted 04.06.2012

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As life-spans routinely stretch into the 80s and 90s and as birth rates continue to drop to unprecedented lows, the importance of maintaining health as we age becomes even more crucial.

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Chicago's Top Cop: Police Will Be Prepped For NATO, G-8 Protests

Chicago Sun-Times | Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 09.14.2011

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Battle lines between protesters and the police are already being drawn for the NATO and G-8 summits that Chicago will host next spring. On Thursday...

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Mark Zuckerberg Tells Angela Merkel At G-8 He's Still Not Into 'The Social Network'

Posted 07.26.2011

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Mark Zuckerberg apparently still isn't over "The Social Network." While chatting with European leaders at the G-8 summit in France Thursday, the Fa...

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The G-8 and G-20: Translating Documents Into Action

Manisha Singh | Posted 05.25.2011

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The G-8 and newly relevant G-20 summit meetings generated a lot of documents. Documents which evaluate and discuss where we are and where we should be on a myriad of global development challenges.

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World Food Day: More than One Billion People Suffering from Hunger

Ann M. Veneman | Posted 05.25.2011

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On this World Food Day more than one billion people are suffering from malnutrition and hunger, an increase of 100 million in just over a year.

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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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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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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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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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G8 Italy Summit: Friday (VIDEO)(SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

We'll be following the Group of 8 Summit in L'Aquila here with news, photos and video. Feel free to check back at regular intervals for updates. ***...

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100 Activists Climb Coal Chimneys To Demand G-8 Leaders Get Tough

Yahoo! News | 1 Hr 18 Mins Ago | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Greenpeace group said that more than 100 of militants on Wednesday climbed the chimneys of four coal power stations across Italy to demand tough a...

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CLIMATE Fail: G-8 Nations Can't Agree On Climate Change Plan

nytimes.com | PETER BAKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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The world's major industrial nations and emerging powers failed to agree Wednesday on significant cuts in heat-trapping gases by 2050, unraveling an e...

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G8 Summit: Leaders Arrive In Italy For Summit On Economic Crisis, Global Threats

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON and NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

L'AQUILA, Italy — Targeting global warming, President Barack Obama and other leaders of the world's richest industrial countries pledged Wednesd...

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G-8 Summit Organizers Ready Basketball Court For Obama

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) L'AQUILA, Italy - A summit held in a police barracks in a quake-stricken city may not provide Barack Obama with the luxury to which a U.S. presid...

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G8 Summit Italy - Everything You Need To Know

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

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When world leaders converge in the Italian city of L'Aquila this week for the Group of Eight (G-8) summit, the economic crisis and global warming will...

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Mara Carfagna, Former Topless Model, Berlusconi's Escort To G-8 Meeting (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi received plenty of attention a few months ago for stacking Parliament and his cabinet with former beauty quee...

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Get Ready: Global Warming To Be Hot Topic at G-8 Summit In Italy

McClatchy | Steven Thomma | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 the...

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L'Aquila: G-8 To Be Held In Italy's Earthquake-Stricken Town

Times Online | Richard Owen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Silvio Berlusconi said today that he would move the G8 summit in July from Sardinia to L'Aquila, the centre of the Abruzzo earthquake, and divert the ...

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Inappropriate Hottie Rundown: G-8 Summit Leaders

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 05.25.2011

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The G-8 Summit, an annual meeting of the world's eight richest countries (and a guy from the EU hovering around like he matters), began Monday in Hokk...

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Developing Economies Don't Back G-8 Emissions Goal

AP | TOM RAUM and JOSEPH COLEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOYAKO, Japan — A joint gathering of major developed and developing nations on Wednesday agreed that climate change was "one of the great global...

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World Leaders Eat 18-Course Meal While Discussing Solutions To Global Food Crisis

Daily Mail | James Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just two days ago, Gordon Brown was urging us all to stop wasting food and combat rising prices and a global shortage of provisions. But yesterday th...

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