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		<title>Critics say UN food summit is long on rhetoric and waste, short on help for world&#8217;s hungry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Demilio</dc:creator>
		
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Critics say UN food summit wasteful, ineffective

ROME — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, blamed for plunging his people into starvation, used his platform as Tuesday&#8217;s opening speaker at the U.N. anti-hunger summit to decry what he called his neocolonialist foes.
Another longtime African strongman, Moammar Gadhafi, held another nightly soiree at a villa in the Italian capital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: G-8 passes the baton to the G-20 with less than stellar results</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — The world&#8217;s most exclusive club has just gotten bigger, and it is promising a lot of big things for the global economy. But it is likely to have just as much trouble delivering results as the smaller group it replaced.

Leaders of the Group of 20, holding their third summit in less than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ascension of G-20 trades 20th-century alignment for the priorities of a new century</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ascension-of-g-20-trades-20th-century-alignment-for-the-priorities-of-a-new-century-179139/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Anthony</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — For the world, apparently, eight is no longer enough.

The G-8 group of powerhouse economies, which expanded from the original G-5 one by one over three decades, stepped off center stage Friday with the ascension of the G-20 into the role of overseeing the global economy. Henceforth, the council of 20 major economies will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World leaders gather for economic checkup; Britain&#8217;s Brown calls for greater role for G-20</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — Turning from outright fear to cautious optimism, world leaders descended on the comeback city of Pittsburgh Thursday to debate how to nurture a recovering but still-wobbly global economy.

Nerves are still on edge, but this summit of the world&#8217;s 20 leading economies seems free of the crisis atmosphere that hung over the past two.
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doha round: G-8 pledge to get a deal meets reality of negotiators struggling to make process</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley S. Klapper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The G-8&#8217;s pledge to complete a new global trade pact by the end of next year has been met with caution and skepticism by negotiators who have seen a string of similar promises fail to deliver over the last eight years.

&#8220;Mismatch&#8221; was the word used by ambassadors Friday at the 153-member World Trade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ending week of difficult summitry, facing hard fights at home, Obama enjoys Ghana raves</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE COAST, Ghana — For a new president, there inevitably comes that moment: the first time he hears a foreign crowd hoarsely chanting his name, or sees thousands of well-wishers surging forward, or realizes youngsters are running pell-mell beside his motorcade, desperate for a glimpse of his face.

For Barack Obama, the moment came here — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s news conference on Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s news conference on Friday in L&#8217;Aquila, Italy, as provided by the White House:

Obama: Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. I apologize for being a little bit late. Good afternoon. We have just concluded the final session of what has been a highly productive summit here in L&#8217;Aquila. And before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lackluster G-8 summit brings fresh pressure for expanding too-exclusive world leaders &#8216;club&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Raum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — For all the smiles and upbeat talk, the just-ended Group of Eight summit showed how unwieldy the forum has become, run by Cold War-vintage powers while relegating the world&#8217;s fastest growing economies — China, India and Brazil — to observers.

It also showed just how sharp the divisions are between old-world and new-world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama discusses abortion, stem cell research with the pope at the Vatican, then heads to Ghana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY — President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for frank but constructive talks between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.

&#8220;It&#8217;s a great honor,&#8221; Obama said as he greeted the pope, thanking him for this first meeting, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders of rich and poor countries launch new approach to world hunger, promise $20 billion</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/leaders-of-rich-and-poor-countries-launch-new-approach-to-world-hunger-promise-20-billion-106077/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandra Rizzo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of rich and developing countries launched a new approach to global hunger Friday, saying they wanted to spend $20 billion on seeds, fertilizers, tools and other aid for small farmers over the next three years so poor nations could feed themselves.

The initiative announced at the end of a Group of Eight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Pope Benedict XVI meet for first time, discuss international aid and abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor L. Simpson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY — President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for frank but constructive talks between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.

&#8220;It&#8217;s a great honor,&#8221; Obama said, greeting the pope and thanking him for this first meeting, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK PM&#8217;s wife&#8217;s profile rises as she blogs and tweets her way through G8 summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/uk-pms-wifes-profile-rises-as-she-blogs-and-tweets-her-way-through-g8-summit-105953/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — The wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has kept a blog of her activities on the sidelines of the G-8 Summit, stepping up attempts to boost her public profile while her husband&#8217;s popularity is plummeting.

As the summit wrapped up Friday, Sarah Brown offered readers updates on topics ranging from her lunch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 reached partial deal on global warming, pushed for trade deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Here is a look at key agreements at the Group of Eight summit in L&#8217;Aquila, Italy:

—CLIMATE: Rich and developing countries for the first time set a goal of limiting average temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. But they couldn&#8217;t agree on joint emission targets to reach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Pope Benedict XVI hold first meeting, White House looks for &#8216;frank&#8217; talks between them</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor L. Simpson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY — President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.

&#8220;It&#8217;s a great honor,&#8221; Obama said as he greeted the pope, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian president: WTO membership via customs union with Kazakhstan, Belarus &#8220;problematic&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Russia&#8217;s plans to join the World Trade Organization as a three-way customs union including Kazakhstan and Belarus could be &#8220;problematic,&#8221; President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday.

Medvedev&#8217;s comments, at the G8 summit in the Italian town of L&#8217;Aquila, were the latest indication that Moscow was backtracking on its earlier statements that Russia would seek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama meets with Pope Benedict at Vatican; Pope asks about G8 meeting</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-meets-with-pope-benedict-at-vatican-pope-asks-about-g8-meeting-105897/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor L. Simpson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY — President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.

&#8220;It&#8217;s a great honor,&#8221; Obama said as he greeted the pope, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medvedev reiterates threat to deploy missiles near Poland if US goes ahead with missile shield</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that Russia will still deploy missiles near Poland if the United States pushes ahead with a missile shield in Eastern Europe.

Medvedev reaffirmed the threat four days after he welcomed Obama to Moscow for a summit aimed at improving troubled ties.
Medvedev and Obama reached a preliminary agreement on new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: World has averted economic disaster but full recovery &#8217;still a ways off&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-world-has-averted-economic-disaster-but-full-recovery-still-a-ways-off-105823/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Lasting worldwide recovery &#8220;is still a ways off,&#8221; President Barack Obama declared Friday, but he also said at the conclusion of a global summit that a disastrous economic collapse apparently has been averted.

Obama said world leaders had taken significant measures to address economic, environmental and global security issues.
&#8220;Reckless actions by a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France&#8217;s Italian-born first lady donates $70,000 to L&#8217;Aquila quake survivors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/frances-italian-born-first-lady-donates-70000-to-laquila-quake-survivors-105737/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — France&#8217;s Italian-born first lady has pledged a personal donation of euro50,000 ($70,000) to a hospital treating quake survivors.

Carla Bruni toured the damaged central Italian town of L&#8217;Aquila and said her husband&#8217;s government will contribute euro3.2 million to help repair the dome of the Santa Maria du Suffragio church on the town&#8217;s central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says summits can work better than UN does, but right combination is needed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-says-summits-can-work-better-than-un-does-but-right-combination-is-needed-105683/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — He&#8217;s had a lot of summits in his first six months in office, and President Barack Obama admits that he&#8217;s looking forward to seeing fewer of them.
Concluding the G-8 summit in Italy, Obama spoke of the need to find the right combination of international leaders to move ahead on global issues.
One problem, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says concerns were heard about Iran elections, nuclear program at G-8</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama said Friday the international community is &#8220;not going to just wait indefinitely&#8221; for Iran to renounce an interest in developing nuclear weapons.

Speaking as the G-8 summit concluded in Italy, Obama stressed that he and others were not looking for their summit partners to embrace sanctions at this week&#8217;s meeting. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama : world&#8217;s full economic recovery &#8217;still a ways off&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-concludes-summit-says-worlds-full-economic-recovery-still-a-ways-off-105646/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama said Friday the world apparently has averted economic collapse but &#8220;full recovery is still a ways off.&#8221;
Obama, speaking at the end of the Group of Eight summit of major economic powers, said world leaders had taken significant measures to address economic, environmental and global security issues.
He cited a &#8220;widespread [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama hails closing G-8 summit, calls it a productive session to confront difficult challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama is hailing &#8220;candid and spirited discussions&#8221; at the G-8 summit, saying the world must come to grips with chronic problems like economic stagnation and climate change.

Summing up three days of talks with fellow leaders in Italy, Obama said he and others have agreed that a full recovery from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World leaders to provide $20 billion to boost agriculture in poor countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — World leaders say they want to provide $20 billion over the next three years to increase food production in developing countries and help the poor feed themselves.
The new amount is a $5 billion increase for an initiative that marks a shift in the global fight against hunger.
Leaders meeting in Italy say they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armenia and Azerbaijan urged by US, France and Russia to resolve Nagorno-Karabakh dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;ACQUILA, Italy — The United States, France and Russia called mutually Friday for the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to settle a long-running dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

In a statement released from Group of Eight summit in Italy, the three countries that co-chair a committee of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World leaders launch $15 billion initiative to promote agriculture in poor countries.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — World leaders have launched a $15 billion initiative to help farmers in poor countries boost production in a shift in the way the West tackles world hunger.
According to a draft statement obtained by The Associated Press, the money will be distributed over three years. Not all of it is new funding, though, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich and poor divide at G-8 climate talks shows tough road to cut carbon emissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Winfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — The chasm between rich and poor on how to address climate change burst into the open at the G-8 summit Thursday, showing how difficult it will be to persuade the world to make lifestyle and economic sacrifices needed to save the planet from global warming.

President Barack Obama urged emerging economies to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich and developing countries want to restart world trade talks, discourage protectionism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Vandore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of the exclusive club of eight industrialized leaders plus five of the fastest developing nations are calling for open markets and a battle against protectionism as the answer to the world&#8217;s economic meltdown.

But the need to save jobs back home is pulling them in the opposite direction. How can the goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clooney at G-8, tours ruins, says he&#8217;ll shoot film in Italy quake area</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/clooney-at-g-8-tours-ruins-says-hell-shoot-film-in-italy-quake-area-104831/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — George Clooney has toured the ruins of Italy&#8217;s recent earthquake and told the survivors he&#8217;ll shoot a film in their mountain region.

The actor inspected crumbled buildings during a visit on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in L&#8217;Aquila. The April 6 quake left thousands homeless and killed nearly 300 people.
Italy is holding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Obama advancing agenda but finding his global reach only goes so far</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Barack Obama is finding that even the reach of a globally popular president goes only so far, leaving him to snatch partial victories as he can. For all his effort, his strategy also banks heavily on the commodity that helped get him elected: hope.

Obama came to a summit of world leaders this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big polluters to discuss help for poorer countries to deal with climate change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Winfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — The world&#8217;s industrialized countries are looking to provide &#8220;significant financial resources&#8221; to the developing world to help them combat global warming and will ask a September meeting of the world&#8217;s 20 major economies to take up the issue, U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday.

Poor countries have refused to commit to any reduction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big polluters discuss financing help for poorer countries to deal with climate change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — The world&#8217;s major polluters say they want to give poor countries more help in combatting global warming.

Leaders discussed the issue at the Group of Eight summit in L&#8217;Aquila, Italy.
President Barack Obama told reporters Wednesday that a meeting of finance ministers meeting in Pittsburgh in September will take up &#8220;creative proposals&#8221; on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G-8 Delegates: President Obama to present $15 billion food initiative for world&#8217;s farmers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandra Rizzo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — World leaders met Friday with African nations before an expected announcement of a new food security proposal that represents a fundamental shift in the way the West tackles world hunger, taking wisdom from the old proverb about teaching a man to fish.

President Barack Obama is expected Friday to announce an up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK PM Brown to provide blueprint for Obama&#8217;s nuclear non-proliferation summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he will soon propose sweeping changes to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that would require states suspected of seeking to build nuclear weapons to prove that they are not.

The current language requires those seeking sanctions under the treaty to prove that suspect countries such as Iran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit Draft: G8/ G5 agree not to use currency to gain competitive advantage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of rich and developing nations meeting here have agreed not to resort to currency devaluation to gain a competitive advantage — while shying away from any discussion of the dollar&#8217;s status as the world&#8217;s reserve currency.

&#8220;We will refrain from competitive devaluations of our currencies and promote a stable and well functioning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit Draft: G8-G5 agree not to use currency to gain competitive advantage</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/summit-draft-g8-g5-agree-not-to-use-currency-to-gain-competitive-advantage-104584/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of rich and developing nations agreed not to use currency devaluation to gain a competitive advantage over each other by making their exported goods cheaper, according to draft summit conclusions obtained by The Associated Press.

&#8220;We will refrain from competitive devaluations of our currencies and promote a stable and well functioning international [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN chief rebukes G8 over failing to curb emissions soon, provide funds for poor for warming</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Winfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — The U.N. chief sharply rebuked the Group of Eight leaders on Thursday for failing to make more commitments to reducing climate change in the near term, saying they must do so if the heavily polluting developing world is to follow suit.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also said the industrialized nations must come forward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 draft: Rich and developing countries want to restart stalled trade world trade talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Vandore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of rich and developing nations want to finally seal a long-delayed world trade deal next year and head off trade wars that could hit world economies as they struggle to emerge from recession, according to a draft of a joint declaration obtained by The Associated Press.

Completing the so-called Doha round of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit draft: Rich and developing countries seek to conclude Doha trade agreement in 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/summit-draft-rich-and-developing-countries-seek-to-conclude-doha-trade-agreement-in-2010-104325/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of developed and developing nations meeting in the quake-ravaged city of L&#8217;Aquila are seeking agreement to wrap up stalled trade talks in 2010 and head off protectionist policies.

A draft of a joint declaration by the Group of Eight obtained Thursday by The Associated Press sets a goal of concluding the stalled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil&#8217;s presidential gift to Obama is bittersweet reminder of US team&#8217;s loss in soccer match</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama gets jersey, and maybe a dig, from Brazil

L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama seemed pleased with the gift he received Thursday from Brazil&#8217;s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but it was bittersweet nonetheless.
Silva gave Obama, a big sports fan, an autographed yellow Brazilian soccer jersey at the start of their morning meeting at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle Obama and other first spouses tour quake-hit Italian city hosting G-8 summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/michelle-obama-and-other-first-spouses-tour-quake-hit-italian-city-hosting-g-8-summit-104299/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Michelle Obama and other first spouses toured the center of L&#8217;Aquila on Thursday to see the destruction wrought by an earthquake in the Italian city hosting world leaders for the Group of Eight summit this week.

Obama shook her head as she took in the extent of the damage to centuries-old churches and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN chief rebukes G8 for ommiting near-term emissions targets, financing in climate discussions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — The U.N. secretary general has rebuked the Group of Eight leaders for failing to make more committments to reducing climate change in the near future.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon also says the G-8 must come forward with financing for poorer nations to change their polluting growth pattern and adapt to the effects of global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 opens to developing market economies seeking to increase trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Barry</dc:creator>
		
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L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of the exclusive club of eight industrialized nations open up their forum Thursday to the five fastest developing market economies — Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa — tacit admission that their leadership alone is not enough to fix the world&#8217;s major problems.
The so-called Group of Five, making their fifth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama seeks momentum for climate change deal, but richer, developing nations remain divided</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama says the global recession makes it harder to strike an international climate agreement but that leaders must &#8220;fight the temptation toward cynicism&#8221; and press forward.

Obama spoke at the conclusion Thursday of a forum of major economies in Italy. Including the U.S., the represented countries also include Australia, Indonesia and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, other G-8 leaders invite 5 emerging nations to Italian summit on climate change, trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama is in Italy, midway through the three-day G-8 economic summit that is heavily focused on climate change and world trade.

His round of meetings today begins with one-on-one talks with the president of Brazil. Then Obama and leaders of the seven other richest developed nations broaden their talks to include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama&#8217;s pledge at G-8 on climate change relies on politics back home</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/promises-promises-obamas-pledge-at-g-8-on-climate-change-relies-on-politics-back-home-103613/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made the world his boldest promise yet Wednesday in the battle to slow the heating of the planet, committing the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gases by 80 percent by mid-century.

The catch is that politics at home will determine if the U.S. — and Obama — can deliver.
While the president has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US needs Congress to deliver on promise made at G-8 to slash global warming gases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made the world his boldest promise yet Wednesday in the battle to slow the heating of the planet, committing the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gases by 80 percent by mid-century.

The catch is that politics at home will determine if the U.S. — and Obama — can deliver.
While the president has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G-8 strongly condemns North Korea&#8217;s nuclear test and ballistic missile launch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Group of Eight leaders have condemned &#8220;in the strongest terms&#8221; North Korea&#8217;s nuclear test and ballistic missile launches.

A G-8 statement Wednesday says North Korea&#8217;s actions &#8220;pose a danger to peace and stability in the region and beyond.&#8221;
North Korea conducted a nuclear test in May, and ballistic missile launches in April and again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, other world leaders pledge to cut global warming gases, limit temperature rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Targeting global warming, President Barack Obama and other leaders of the world&#8217;s richest industrial countries pledged Wednesday to seek dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to slow dangerous climate change. Setting a marker for success, they agreed for the first time that worldwide temperatures must not rise more than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G-8 deplores violence in the aftermath of Iran&#8217;s election</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Vandore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Group of Eight leaders said Wednesday that they deplored the violence in the aftermath of Iran&#8217;s disputed election last month, but added they remained committed to seeking a diplomatic solution to Iran&#8217;s contentious nuclear program.

In a series of declarations on global security threats, the G-8 also condemned &#8220;in the strongest terms&#8221; North [...]]]></description>
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