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You Can't Eat Potential

Glenn Denning | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Nobel Prize 1970, G8, Global Food Crisis, UN Millenium Project, g20, Pittsburgh Protests, Sustainability, Asian Green Revolution, Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, Food Security, Green News

The global epicenter of chronic hunger is Africa. The good news is that hunger can be ended within a few years with targeted investments based on our current knowledge.

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Power Shift, the Stunning Rise of the G20

Barry D. Wood | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Obama G-20, G20 Meeting, Obama g20, Brazil, George W. Bush, United Nations, g20, Barack Obama, G-20, G20 Summit, G-20 Summit, South Korea, G8, G-8, g20 Pittsburgh, G-7, China, World News

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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Gaddafi Proposes Abolishing Switzerland

FP Passport | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Dismemberment, Libya-Gaddafi, Gaddafi, Swiss Business Libya, Libya, Switzerland, Muammar Gaddafi, Gaddafi Switzerland, G8, Swiss Libya, UN General Assembly, Gadaffi UN, Swiss Nation, Libya Leader, World News

A UN spokesman tells the Swiss News Agency that Libya submitted a proposal to the General Assembly calling for the dissolution of Switzerland last mon...

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Growing Businesses in African Soil

Dan Silverstein | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: G8, Trade Missions, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Agricultural Policy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Agribusiness, World Food Programme, UN Office for Partnerships, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Usaid, World Economic Forum, Fao, State Universities, Land Grant Colleges, Business News

It's in our own self-interest to jump start agricultural development with the goal of creating markets for ourselves.

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Bank Bonuses and the Reform Agenda in the Balance

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Merrill Lynch, G8, Bailout, Citigroup, Cuomo Report, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

Health care reform hangs in the balance at the same time we learn that nine banks, all recipients of federal bailout support, paid an astounding $33 billion in bonuses in 2008.

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Letter From Europe: Foreign Disbelief of Topless America

Jeff Biggers | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: G8, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, Mountaintop Removal, . President Barack Obama, Wind, Ireland, Italy, Green Energy, Film, Coal, Green News

It's hard for any foreigner to believe that President Obama has quietly acquiesced to the marketing and machinations of Big Coal.

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Earth to G8: Limit Global Warming Emissions!

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: G8, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Climate, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Climate Bill, Politics News

At the outset of WWII, we didn't set a goal of keeping German occupied territory to some "upper limit"; we set the goal of making as many airplanes and artillery as possible, and mobilizing troops.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

Read More: G8, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Russia, Mexico, Iraq, Afghanistan, Obama, Honduras, Us, China, Uighurs, Medvedev, Putin, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : Re-Settling of US-Russia Relations Facts:US President Barack Obama traveled to Russia this week and met wi...

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G-8 Promises $20 Billion in Agricultural Aid: Real Change or Business as Usual?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, G8, Gmos, Agricultural Development, Agriculture, Africa, Sustainability, Group-of-8, Food Aid, International, Barack Obama, Food Security, Green News

One can't help but wonder if by requesting this money from the G8 in the name of charity we are instead trying to promote our own economy.

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NASA's James Hansen Recycles Myths in His Pointless Attack on U.S. Climate Action

Joseph Romm | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: James Hansen, G8, Clean Energy, Global Warming, Waxman-Markey, Green News

Hansen can keep pushing his carbon tax if he wants to. Heck, he can argue the merits of Betamax if he wants. But trashing Waxman-Markey based on recycled myths remains ill-conceived and unhelpful.

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The Day In Funny & Fabulous Photos: Choose Your Favorite! (SLIDESHOW) (POLL)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 08.10.2009 | Comedy

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SEE THE FULL VIDEO OF OBAMA HERE...

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Stripping in Rome

Avaaz.org | Avaaz.org | Posted 08.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Avaaz, Avaaz Action Factory, Climate, Climate Crisis, Flash Mob, G8, Global Warming, Italy, Strip Mob, Video, Rome-Italy, Italy, Home News

On July 8th Italian Avaaz volunteers and members of the Avaaz European climate action factory -- a rapid response group of youth climate activists su...

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Russia's Rule of Law an Issue of Security

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Silvio Berlusconi, Robert Amsterdam, G8, Vladimir Putin, Italy, Iran, United States, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, China, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, World News

Washington showed up, laid its cards on the table, and treated Russia very seriously. Now the ball is in Kremlin's court to do the same.

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The Global Fund Seeks Additional Grants from the G8 in Hopes of Helping Millions More

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, G8, Health, Global Fund, Health Programs, L'Aquila, Malaria, Funding Gap, Tuberculosis, World News

It is the very success of hundreds of health programs supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria that has produced the surge in demand for fresh grants.

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What Are They Staring At? Nominations For Most Awkward G-8 Photo

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: G-8 Photo, G8 Photo, Silvio Berlusconi, Barack Obama, G8 Meeting, G-8, G8, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

While we of course do not claim to know anyone's thoughts, we nominate these two photos top candidates for most awkward picture of the G-8 meeting. S...

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G8 Summit Opens To Developing Market Economies

AP | COLLEEN BARRY and JANE WARDELL | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

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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 08.09.2009 | World

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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G8 Leaders Poo Poo Opportunity

John Sauer | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

Read More: Child Mortality, G8, Global Hunger, Global Health, Hygiene, Water, Sanitation, World News

Perhaps most troubling is that failing to tackle the water and sanitation crisis is undermining progress on all development, including, food, health and education.

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MARA CARFAGNA: Former Topless Model, Current Italian Equal Opportunities Minister (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.08.2009 | Style

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Today Italy's Minister of Equal Opportunity Mara Carfagna showed the G8 wives around Rome. This hostess with the most-ess, who was appointed to her cu...

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G8 Protesters Strip Down, Scale Smokestacks, Occupy Power Plants

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

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ROME — Environmentalists broke into power stations across Italy and shed their clothes in downtown Rome on Wednesday as world leaders discussed ...

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G8: What's The Point In Holding Summits?

GlobalPost | Michael Goldfarb | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

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LONDON -- Leaders of the G8 nations begin their annual three-day summit Tuesday in earthquake shattered L'Aquila Italy. Are you excited by that fact? ...

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

Yahoo! News | 1 Hr 18 Mins Ago | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green

Read More: G-8 Summit, Green Activism, G-8, Green Protest, G8, Climate Change, Italy, Global Warming, G-8 Global Warming, Green News

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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Hu Jintao Skips Obama Meeting To Return Home Due To Ethnic Fighting

nytimes.com | ALAN COWELL | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

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PARIS President Hu Jintao of China cut short a trip to Italy on Wednesday to fly home after the deadly ethnic clashes in the northwestern Xinjiang reg...

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President Obama -- America Honors Leaders Not Politicians: Stop Global Warming

Daniel Kessler | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama, Greenpeace, Global Warming, South Dakota, G8, Italy, Greenpeace Mount Rushmore, Green News

This morning, three Greenpeace climbers hung a banner on Mt. Rushmore challenging President Obama to show real leadership on global warming.

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G8 Summit Italy - Everything You Need To Know

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: G-8 Italy, G-8 Summit, G-8 2009, Silvio Berlusconi, L'Aquila, G8, Group of Eight, G-8, g5, G8 Italy, G8 2009, World News

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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