US, allies weigh punishment for Russia
WASHINGTON - Scrambling to find ways to punish Russia for its invasion of pro-Western Georgia, the United States and its allies are considering expelling Moscow from an exclusive club of wealthy nations and have scrapped plans for an upcoming joint NATO-Russia military exercise, Bush administration officials said Tuesday.
Nations:Russia France Italy Germany Japan Canada People:Nicolas Sarkozy Silvio Berlusconi Gordon Brown Angela Merkel Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Georgia-Russia Crisis Russia-U.S.
2008-08-12
Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave
BAGHDAD - Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed.
Nations:Iraq People:Gordon Brown Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-08-07
World leaders quash qualms, go to Olympic opening
PARIS - To go or not to go -- world leaders invited to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics faced a choice riddled with risks.
Nations:Australia Brazil France U.K. North Korea Zimbabwe People:Dalai Lama Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Wu Poh-hsiung Angela Merkel Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-08-06
Virgin Galactic shows off mothership aircraft
MOJAVE, Calif. - British billionaire Sir Richard Branson showed off a key piece of his fledgling commercial space program Monday, unveiling a carrier aircraft designed to launch a passenger-carrying spaceship.
People:Richard Branson Source:(AP)
2008-07-28
In London, Obama says US must work with its allies
LONDON - Presidential contender Barack Obama on Saturday defended his decision to travel to Europe and the Middle East, saying that problems encountered by Americans at home are often best dealt with by working with allies overseas.
Nations:Afghanistan U.K. France U.S. Germany People:Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Barack Obama Tony Blair Activities:US Election 2008 U.S.-U.K.
2008-07-26
'Dark Knight' sets weekend record with $155.34M
LOS ANGELES - Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes.
Nations:Brazil Mexico Australia People:Christopher Nolan Heath Ledger Colin Firth Christian Bale Meryl Streep Pierce Brosnan
2008-07-20
Pre-Olympics security sweep nets foreigners, Chinese alike
BEIJING — When Dechen Pemba , a British citizen, walked out of her Beijing apartment at 8:55 one morning this week, she found seven to eight security agents milling about waiting for her.
Nations:China U.K. India People:Dalai Lama Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(McClatchy)
2008-07-09
Developing economies don't back G-8 climate goal
TOYAKO, Japan - A joint gathering of major developed and developing nations on Wednesday agreed that climate change was "one of the great global challenges of our time" and pledged to back a United Nations effort to conclude new climate pact by 2009. The major economies said they supported longterm and midterm goals for greenhouse-gas reductions, but endorsed no targets.
Nations:India Japan China Germany Italy Russia People:Ban Ki-moon George W. Bush Source:(AP)
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 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
London remembers deadly suicide bombings
LONDON (AFP) - London marked the third anniversary Monday of the suicide bombings on the city's transport network, with ceremonies at blast sites as survivors and the victims' families remembered the deadly attacks.
Nations:U.K. Afghanistan Pakistan Activities:2005 London Bombings Source:(AFP)
2008-07-07
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