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	G8 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		For 2006 it is held by Russia, and a 2006 summit of all G8 leaders is being held in Saint Petersburg from July 15 to July 17 at the Palace of Congresses.
		The annual summits are often the focus of anti-globalization movement protests, notably at the 27th G8 summit in Genoa in 2001.
		Critics assert that members of G8 are responsible for global issues such as global warming due to carbon dioxide emission, poverty in Africa and developing countries due to debt crisis and unfair trading policy, the AIDS problem due to strict medicine patent policy and other problems that are related to globalization.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/G8 (1564 words)

	The EU's relations with G7-G8 - EU participation in G8 summits
		G8 Foreign Ministers usually meet twice a year, normally in May/June in the capital of the country holding the G8 Presidency and in September in the margins of the UN General Assembly, in New York.
		The European Union now participates at the G8 Summit and is represented by the President of the European Commission and the leader of the country that holds the Presidency of the European Union.
		G8 Heads are represented at the cycle of preparatory meetings by ‘Sherpas, - personal representatives of the leaders who pave the way to the Summit.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/g7_g8/intro/index.htm (621 words)

	Letter to G8 Leaders Before Evian-les-Bains Summit (Human Rights Watch Press release, )
		As the G8 foreign ministers noted during their meeting last week, the progress made in Afghanistan's transition continues to be undermined by the absence of internal security and the lack of accountability and central control over the country's local warlords.
		G8 members should also offer the assistance of forensic pathologists and other specialists to lead or advise on exhumations and to train Iraqis in the necessary skills.
		In accordance with previous G8 commitments and U.N. Security Council resolutions, the protection of children from military recruitment and women and girls from sexual violence should be a priority, and relevant advisors and protection officers should accompany the mission.
	hrw.org /press/2003/05/g8ltr.htm (2517 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Country profiles \| Profile: G8
		The European Union is represented at the G8 by the president of the European Commission and by the leader of the country that holds the EU presidency.
		As the foremost economic and political power in the G8, the US is regarded as the dominant member of the group, although this position is not formally enshrined.
		Critics of the G8 have accused the body of representing the interests of an elite group of industrialised nations, to the detriment of the needs of the wider world.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/3777557.stm (703 words)

	Home G8 Gleneagles 2005
		G8 Leaders, the Leaders of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa and the Heads of the International Organisations represented at the Summit released a joint statement following the attacks on London.
		On that day, the G8 leaders were joined by outreach leaders: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil), President Hu Jintao (China), Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (India), President Vicente Fox Quesada (Mexico), President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (South Africa) and heads of international organisations to discuss climate change.
		On 8 July, the G8 Leaders met with African leaders from Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania to discuss the issues surrounding Africa.
	www.g8.gov.uk (291 words)

	G8 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For 2006 it was held by Russia, and a 2006 summit of all G8 leaders was held in Saint Petersburg from July 15 to July 17 at the Palace of Congresses.
		The next chair of the G8 is expected to be German Chancellor Angela Merkel followed by the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
		The G8 countries has its roots in the 1973 oil crisis and subsequent global recession.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/G8 (1709 words)

	G8/Nicaragua Partnership
		Nicaragua and the members of the G8 announce today their intention to cooperate in a "Compact to Promote Transparency and Combat Corruption." Nicaragua and the G8 share the view that corruption is a threat to democratic institutions, economic development and to the integrity of the international system of trade and investment.
		G8 partners may help to support efforts by the Nicaraguan authorities to make information available to the public, to develop appropriate rules and regulations and to build support for pro-transparency reform among domestic constituencies.
		Participating G8 countries and the Government of Nicaragua further intend to adopt a procedure to measure and evaluate progress as the pilot compact moves forward.
	www.state.gov /e/eb/rls/fs/33568.htm (2175 words)

	Official Website of the G8 presidency of the Russian Federation in 2006
		The G8 Group is an unofficial forum of the heads of the leading industrialized democracies (Russia, the U.S., Britain, France, Japan, Germany, Canada and Italy), where the European Commission is also represented and fully participates.
		EU representatives have attended G7 meetings since 1977 (the European Union is always represented at G8 Summits by the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council).
		But G8 has developed a stable procedure, with summits held regularly by rote in the partner states and the host country acting as the chairman of G8 for a calendar year.
	en.g8russia.ru /g8/history/shortinfo (495 words)

	USATODAY.com - World's leaders head to Russia for G8 summit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The president wants the G8 members to follow through on their financial pledges to rebuild Iraq and provide logistical support for the new government headed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
		The G8 members are seeking unified plans to respond to potential pandemics, such as avian flu.
		G8 members also are looking to revive talks on a new global trade deal.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2006-07-11-g8-summit_x.htm (740 words)

	Red Pepper \| G8 Gleneagles \| What is the G8? Stuart Hodkinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		So each year G8 leaders meet for face-to-face talks on their shared interests and then impose this agenda on the rest of us through global bodies like the IMF and World Bank, in which the G8 hold just under 50 per cent of voting rights.
		Although the summits get all the attention, the G8 is a secretive 365-day-a-year political process in which personal representatives of G8 leaders (known as ‘Sherpas’) work in the background to prepare the agenda and then oversee the imple-mentation of any decisions taken.
		This arrangement was formalised as the G8 in 1998.
	www.redpepper.org.uk /global/x-jun05-hodkinson.htm (645 words)

	Rendezvous in Kananaskis - G8 Analysis
		While Canada hosts this G8 summit, to the exclusion of those “less developed” countries whose interests Primer Minister Chretien claims to have in mind, Canadians need to take stock of Canada’s very real participation, along with all G8 countries, in the devastating results of on-going elitest domination of the global political, military and economic order.
		But the G8 made a strategic decision to reduce the power of the UN precisely because it is more democratic, and transferred these powers to the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization (WTO).
		The G8 and African Renewal : A Symposium at the University of Alberta - March 22 and 23, 2002.
	www.geocities.com /ericsquire/g8analysis.htm (3610 words)

	Greenpeace: Choose Clean Energy - Stop Climate Change (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Time for Action: G8 The G8 (Group of 8) are eight of the leaders of the world's richest and most powerful nations.
		The members of the G8 are: George Bush of the United States, Tony Blair of the UK, Paul Martin of Canada, Gerhard Schröder of Germany, Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, Silvio Berlusconi ofItaly, Jacques Chirac of France and Vladimir Putin of Russia.
		Time and time again, the G8 has clearly demonstrated that its primary commitment is to create a global environment in which corporations can easily pursue profits free from obstacles such as environmental regulations, labour standards and taxes.
	www.greenpeace.org.uk /climate/needaction/g8.cfm (575 words)

	G8 Summit 2005 - Global Issues
		Unfortunately, the G8 Summit 2005 outcome was not as good as hoped for, for poor countries.
		Leaked documents revealed, however, that G8 leaders with US pressure, are not going to do much on climate change, and in some regards may even be taking a step backward.
		G8 leaders have been portrayed as saviours; almost nothing is said about their role in world poverty, by comparison;
	www.globalissues.org /TradeRelated/Debt/g8summit2005.asp (1310 words)

	G8 States
		In addition to the eight heads of state, the G8 Summit in 2002 included both the president of the European Council and the President of the European Commission as representatives of the European Union.
		In conjunction with the annual G8 Summit, the ministers of the G8 meet to discuss issues relating to their ministries.
		The ministers of these G8 ministries meet annually in conjunction with the G8 Summit to discuss and coordinate issues relating to their ministries.
	www.filaw.com /nations/G8States.html (384 words)

	Dissent a network of resistance - Against the G8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		G8 stands for group of eight nations. It is an exclusive grouping of the political leaders of eight specific countries.
		The G8 began as a group of six countries at a time of significant global economic insecurity in the 1970's.
		The membership of the g8 has evolved over time to include the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Canada and the president of the European Union. The scope of the topics of discussion have also evolved from the first, supposedly one -off meeting that focussed on macro-economic policy.
	www.dissent.org.uk /content/view/64/55 (540 words)

	Special report: G8 \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Putin limbers up to flex new muscles at G8 July 11, Simon Tisdall: The official agenda for this weekend's Group of Eight summit of leading industrial countries in St Petersburg includes action on energy security, global education and disease pandemics.
		December 21: A third of the poorest countries promised a write-off of their debts by the G8 countries at the Gleneagles summit in June may face new delays in relief, according to campaigners.
		July 3: Your article (G8 progress report, June 30) says the G8 Gleneagles meeting "agreed to cancel the debts owed by the poorest countries to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the African Development Bank".
	www.guardian.co.uk /g8/0,13365,967228,00.html (1709 words)

	UK Indymedia - G8 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The UK has the Presidency of the G8 for 2005 - news and analysis relating to responses to the G8 and the meetings in London, Derbyshire, Sheffield and across the UK in the run up to the summit in July at Gleneagles in Scotland.
		Movement against the G8 started very early this morning: while the beacons of dissent were still burning in the dark in the Ochil Hills, hundreds of people were making their way out of the Stirling convergence eco-camp 'Hori-Zone' to head for Gleneagles.
		G8 documentary film to be premiered this Saturday, 1st of October.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/actions/2005/g8 (3062 words)

	G8 - Energy Security vs. Climate Security
		MOSCOW - Human rights organisations are looking for a place for their cause at the G8 summit in Germany next year after the issue was more or less set aside this year.
		NEW DELHI - After securing sympathy and support for fighting terrorism from the G8 grouping of the world's wealthiest countries in St. Petersburg, the Indian government is coming under pressure to harden its response to last week's Mumbai serial bombings, which killed 200 people.
		Civil society organisations are warning against continued dependence on oil and predict that the benefits that accrued for developing countries from the debt cancellations in the aftermath of the G8 in Scotland last year will be neutralised.
	www.ipsnews.net /new_focus/g8/index.asp (622 words)

	RIA Novosti - G8
		G8 parliament heads to set up council to study energy situation
		16-09-2006 15:00 ST. PETERSBURG, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - Parliaments'; heads of the G8 group of industrialized countries discussed Saturday in St. Petersburg the situation in Lebanon in the context of the fight against terrorism, a Russian parliamentarian said.
		G8 leaders convene for final day of St. Petersburg summit
	en.rian.ru /G8 (1011 words)

	G8 Background
		Background on the G8 The G8 (or “Group of Eight”;) is a multilateral group consisting of the world's major industrial democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
		While the European Union is not a member of the G8, EU representatives attend G8 meetings as “observers”.
		The G8 has its origin at an economic summit in 1975 convened by President Valery Giscard d’Estaing of France and attended by leaders from Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
	www.usdoj.gov /criminal/cybercrime/g82004/g8_background.html (848 words)

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