France failed Tuesday to get support for a no-fly zone over Libya from the Group of Eight nations meeting in Paris. A two-day meeting of the G8 foreign ministers ended without agreement on establishing a no-fly zone against Libya, with reservations e...
On the first day of the G8 summit in Canada, President Barack Obama and other world leaders held initial discussions on ways to strengthen the global economy and build on commitments from past summits. Senior U.S. administration officials point to wh...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Leaders of the world's wealthiest nations have promised twenty billion dollars to increase food security in poor countries. The promise came Friday on the third and final day of the Group of Eight summit m...
G8 set new global warming targets Leaders of the G8 leading industrial countries have agreed to try to limit global warming to just 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial levels by 2050. The summit, in the Italian city of L'Aquila, also set tough new target...
By Sonja Pace Heiligendamm 08 June 2007 Leaders of the G8 group of industrial nations have ended three days of meetings in the German Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm with a compromise on global warming and renewed pledges for Africa. VOA's Sonja Pa...
By Sonja Pace Heiligendamm 08 June 2007 Leaders of the G8 group of wealthy industrial nations pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS and malaria in Africa. Aid activists welcome the help, but say it is not enough. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from near the su...
By Ivana Kuhar Heiligendamm, Germany 07 June 2007 Leaders of the world's leading industrial nations (G8) are arriving/have arrived at the German resort town Heiligendamm for their annual three-day summit. As the leaders gather, VOA's Ivana Kuhar and...
By Scott Stearns Rostock, Germany 06 June 2007 Japan and the United States want the world's leading industrialized nations to put more pressure on North Korea to comply with an international agreement aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. VOA...
By Sonja Pace Heiligendamm, Germany 05 June 2007 Leaders of the G8 group of major industrial nations are gathering in Germany's Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm for three days of discussions to include climate change, economic issues and debt relief...
By Paula Wolfson White House 31 May 2007 President Bush is focusing on U.S. aid to Africa in the days leading up to the Group of Eight Summit in Germany. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House . President Bush wears an AIDS awareness pin on...
