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Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:27 PM

Group of Eight

Type: Organization

Name: Group of Eight (G8)

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Group of Eight

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 5 Documents

Jim Flaherty

G20 summit may shift to Toronto

Holding the G20 summit would put Toronto on the world stage in a way that it hasn't been since the international AIDS conference in 2006, Councillor Kyle Rae says.'I think it's a great opportunity. It's good for businesses, it's good for the hotels, it's ... [TORONTO SUN - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Toronto, Kyle Rae, Jim Flaherty

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Nigerian leader urges G8 to act on hunger in less developed nations

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponNigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua called on the G8 countries to act rather than make promises on hunger to save the worsening situation in less ... [People's Daily Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Group of Eight, Nationalism, Nigeria

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Tony Clement

Dude, where’s my summit?

Will it be Huntsville? Almost certainly not, because nobody outside that small Ontario town (or perhaps even within it) really believes it's capable of playing host to an event of this scale. But the federal government, apparently in a state of denial ... [Globe and Mail - 11/19/2009]

Entities: William Elliott, Huntsville (Canada), Group of Eight, Tony Clement

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

The WCO now has 176 Members

> WCO Communiqué> WCO G20 Communication[ar] [es] [fr] [pt] [ru]> G20 London Communiqué>G8 L'Aquila, Italy ... [World Customs Organization - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Aquila Ltd, Group of Eight, Italy

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

G8 emissions goals out of poor countries' reach

Developing countries need to emit carbon to develop, say researchersGreenpeace[BEIJING] Developing countries will be unable to meet the target for carbon emissions reduction set by G8 nations without compromising their development, a study has found.The ... [SciDev.Net - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Emission, Group of Eight, Carbon Emissions

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

United Nations

Steven Edwards: $20 billion in food aid dismissed as 'crumbs'

Full Comment, Steven EdwardsA much-anticipated United Nations world summit on 'food security' -- which is diplomat lingo for 'feeding the hungry' -- ended Wednesday with apparent disappointment for Jacques Diouf, head of the UN's Food and Agriculture ... [National Post - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Steven Edwards, Food And Agriculture Organization, United Nations

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

The urban poor are going hungry

Jonathan CrushFrom Friday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 6:19PM EST T The global community has responded with commendable vigour to the food crisis. The UN, international groups and the G8 and G20 have all identified food security ... [Globe and Mail - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Group of Eight, United Nations, Canada, Canadian International Development Agency, Ignorance

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents

The quest for food security

Crises precipitate summits and summits usually spew a bunch of banalities. 2009 witnessed several summits - the G-8, a few G-20s with different levels of government representation, and a just-concluded World Summit on Food Security, convened by the Food ... [Indian Express - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Food And Agriculture Organization, Agriculture, Precipitate, Group of Eight

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents

Security adviser for hire

Greg Michalenko Waterloo, Ont. I A few years ago, a visiting friend's rental car reservation had been messed up and, instead of arriving in a compact, she pulled up in a big black Lincoln. Our Calgary friend wanted to see the Ontario countryside, so ... [Globe and Mail - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Counteroffer, Mossad, Group of Eight

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents

Canada budget to stay course on stimulus: Flaherty

By Jennifer KwanTORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Friday vowed to resist big, new spending measures in his next budget, but said it was too early to pull stimulus away from a still shaky economy.In the prepared text of a speech ... [Globe Investor - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Jim Flaherty, Canada, Budget Deficit, Jeffrey Hodgson, Toronto

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents

Food summit let-down

The recent World Food Summit in Rome clearly failed to do its job. It did well to focus attention on the risk of food price shocks of the magnitude experienced in mid-2008, which led to civil unrest in over 30 countries. Yet it abjured its responsibility ... [The Hindu - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Group of Eight, M. S. Swaminathan, Rome

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

ZERO POINT INTERCHANGE

Our correspondentIslamabadCapital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi here on Friday directed the concerned officials to ensure opening of two loops of the under-construction Zero Point interchange by November 25.The first loop connects ... [The News International - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Zero Point, Group of Eight, Islamabad, Abdul Jabbar

Quotes

...' Guebert said also said there are other factors which affect logistics, such as what day of the week the event falls. "A weekday versus a weekend tends to make a difference as well, because during the weekdays you have to think about business and people being able to get backback and forth to work, as opposed to a weekend. It can sometimes be easier for roads and different sorts of transportation methods to be used." The G8 is currently scheduled for the weekend of June 25, 2010

Toronto wants to host next summer's G20 conference [Canada.com - 9 hours ago]

...the chairman that to deal with the situation a roundabout has been planned at the Service Road (East) at the junction of sectors G-8/3 and G-8/4. "We have planned to close the existing entry-exit point to Sector G-8 at the ZTBL crossing and shift it about 200 metres ahead where we have planned to construct the roundabout. This would not only provide enough space for free movement of traffic coming from Kashmir Highway onto Faisal Avenue but it would also bring to an end the existing chaotic condition of traffic at the point because vehicles taking a U-turn from Faisal Avenue to enter Sector G-8" the project director told 'The News'...

ZERO POINT INTERCHANGE [The News International - 12 hours ago]

...now, at such a crucial time, would be the most misguided approach this country could take, and would clearly put our country at risk,' he said. "It would also be an abdication of the commitment Canada and all G20 nations made to collectively complete our coordinated and substantial stimulus plans." Canada will host the G8 next year and will co-chair a summit of the G20 industrial and emerging powers along with South Korea

Canada budget to stay course on stimulus: Flaherty [Globe Investor - 17 hours ago]

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Benedict Tells Leaders Food Insecurity is a Mor... [TAPPED - 11/18/2009] At the U.N.'s big World Food Summit in Rome this week, Pope Benedict gave voice to a way of thinking about food that is both seemingly obvious and undervalued ...
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Time to clean up Britain's reputation \| Chandra... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/18/2009] The MPs' expenses scandal has weakened Britain's authority in the eyes of the world community, as the corruption index revealsTransparency International's corruption ...
Excellent planning (Impolitical) [Progressive Bloggers - 11/18/2009] This "split decision" is likely to prove problematic: The Harper government is making plans to move next year's Group of 20 summit to the Toronto area from the Muskoka ...

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If you care about climate change, stop talking ... [Slate Magazine - 07/14/2009]
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Business Update: G8 ends with aid [Reuters Video: Business - 07/10/2009]

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