Police thwarted an attempt by Greenpeace activists to fly a hot air balloon over the Group of Eight summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, Friday, REPORTED UPI.
Three police helicopters forced the white, hot air balloon, which was emblazoned with the (...)
Leaders of the Group of Eight nations meeting in Germany have agreed to spend some $60 million fighting AIDS in Africa, REPORTED UPI.
Under a plan announced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the G8 nations also agreed to increase aid to Africa by (...)
A stomach ailment forced U.S.
President George W. Bush to miss some meetings at an
international summit on Friday, but after resting in his
room, he rejoined the gathering and prepared for talks in
Poland on a missile defense system, REPORTED (...)
The Group of Eight leaders meeting
in Germany stepped back Thursday from agreeing to tough controls for
hedge funds, the meeting's communique shows, according to dpa.
"Given the strong growth of the hedge fund industry and the
increasing (...)
Leaders of the world's key
industrialized nations Thursday clinched a hard-fought compromise on
combating climate change, including efforts to halve global
greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to dpa.
The Group of Eight (G8) summit also (...)
Farmers whose crops were trampled by
demonstrators evading police checkpoints on Wednesday at the G8
summit demanded compensation, according to dpa.
Detlef Lindemann, chief of the farmer's union at Bad Doberan, said
several hectares of rapeseed (...)
Protest groups filed suit with a
German court Monday seeking to overturn the authorities' ban on
demonstrations at an airport where officials are to arrive for next
month's G8 summit.
Tension has risen in Germany since May 9 police raids on (...)