Mugabe in deal with opposition faction: Mbeki
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe agreed a power-sharing deal with a breakaway opposition faction on Tuesday, but has yet to agree with main rival Morgan Tsvangirai, South African President Thabo Mbeki said.
Nations:Zimbabwe South Africa People:Morgan Tsvangirai Activities:2008 Zimbabwe Election Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-12
More world records fall at Water Cube in Beijing
BEIJING - The swimming record book will need some heavy revisions by the time the Beijing Olympics are over.
Nations:France South Africa Japan South Korea Australia People:Natalie Coughlin Michael Phelps Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AP)
2008-08-10
Bush: 'Significant progress' on climate change
TOYAKO, Japan - President Bush on Wednesday hailed the move by G-8 leaders to coalesce behind a broad climate-change strategy, saying in a valedictory to summitry that "significant progress" has been made on global warming.
Nations:India Russia Japan Denmark Zimbabwe Brazil People:Dmitry Medvedev Hu Jintao Activities:Group of Eight
2008-07-09
G8 pledges action on food, oil
TOYAKO, Japan (AFP) - Leaders of the world's top industrial powers ended a summit Wednesday with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change.
Nations:Japan U.S. Denmark South Africa Italy U.K. People:Yasuo Fukuda Ban Ki-moon Gordon Brown George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:Global Food Crisis 2007-8 Oil Crisis Group of Eight 2007 Global Credit Crunch
2008-07-09
G8 set for showdown with poorer states over climate
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - Big emerging economies will come under pressure on Wednesday to respond in kind to an initiative by rich countries to work towards a target of at least halving their global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Nations:India China Denmark Germany Japan U.K. People:Gordon Brown Hu Jintao Activities:Group of Eight Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-08
G-8 endorses halving global emissions by 2050
RUSUTSU, Japan - World leaders on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term targets.
Nations:Japan U.S. Germany China Denmark India People:Yasuo Fukuda Angela Merkel Hu Jintao Activities:Group of Eight
2008-07-08
G-8 summit opens with spotlight on aid for Africa
RUSUTSU, Japan - Aid for Africa -- and whether enough was coming from the world's major economic powers -- was in the spotlight Monday as the Group of Eight nations met with seven African leaders at its annual summit.
Nations:Japan India China Italy Germany U.K. People:George W. Bush Ban Ki-moon Robert Zoellick Angela Merkel Activities:Group of Eight
2008-07-07
Zimbabwe's Mugabe sworn in after discredited vote
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's longtime ruler Robert Mugabe was sworn in as president for a sixth term Sunday after a widely discredited runoff in which he was the only candidate. His main rival dismissed the inauguration as "an exercise in self-delusion."
Nations:Egypt China Swaziland South Africa Russia Zimbabwe People:Morgan Tsvangirai Robert Mugabe Yang Jiechi Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Zimbabwe Election Source:(AP)
2008-06-29
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai says Mugabe will be shunned
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday there could be no negotiations with President Robert Mugabe if he went ahead with a one-man election on Friday.
People:Morgan Tsvangirai Robert Mugabe Nelson Mandela Activities:2008 Zimbabwe Election Source:(Reuters)
2008-06-26
China firms sink roots across the globe
Amid the torrent of clothes, electronics and toys surging out of China comes a little-noticed export: international companies.
Nations:Sweden U.S. China Brazil South Africa Italy
2008-03-16
Dollar's clout sinks worldwide
Antique store owners in lower Manhattan, ticket vendors at India's Taj Majal and Brazilian business executives heading to China all have one thing in common these days: They don't want U.S. dollars.
Nations:China Brazil U.S. Bolivia India Peru Activities:2008 U.S. Recession
2008-03-13
UN approves new sanctions against Iran
The U.N. Security Council approved a third round of sanctions against Iran on Monday with near unanimous support, sending a strong signal to Tehran that its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment is unacceptable and becoming increasingly costly.
Nations:U.K. France Russia Germany South Africa U.S. Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis
2008-03-03
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