Chinese President Hu to attend G8 meeting in Italy, along with other developing nations

September 25th, 2009 Poor nations want compensation for economic crisisUNITED NATIONS — Developing nations are urging the industrialized world to acknowledge its responsibility for the global economic and climate crises and to compensate them for the damages these have caused. Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qirbi, who chairs the Group of 77 that represents 132 developing counties, says the U.N.

July 31st, 2009 BEIJING - The 13th meeting of the Chinese and Indian special representatives to discuss the border issue will be held Aug 7-8 in India, foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced here Friday. Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo and Indian National Security Advisor M.K.

July 9th, 2009 Obama, other G-8 leaders expand Italian summitL'AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama is in Italy, midway through the three-day G-8 economic summit that is heavily focused on climate change and world trade. His round of meetings today begins with one-on-one talks with the president of Brazil.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - US president Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cozied up to each other at a summit of the G8-G5 groupings at L'Aquila in Italy on Thursday. Leaders of the world's richest nations and major developing powers would have on the table raging issues like global warming and international trade, with the poorer countries seeking concessions.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Leaders of the world's richest nations and major developing powers met on Thursday (July 9) to discuss global issues on the second day of a G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. They are trying to arrive at a common ground on global warming and international trade, with the poorer countries seeking concessions.

July 9th, 2009 Summit draft: G8/G5 seek Doha trade deal in 2010L'AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of developed and developing nations meeting in the quake-ravaged city of L'Aquila are seeking agreement to wrap up stalled trade talks in 2010 and head off protectionist policies. A draft of a joint declaration by the Group of Eight obtained Thursday by The Associated Press sets a goal of concluding the stalled Doha round next year.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - France and Brazil have backed India's call for the UN Security Council to be expanded as their leaders prepare to attend the G8-G5 meetings in Italy this week. "To be effective, the (Security) Council has to reflect current realities, notably by granting a greater role to the big developing countries of each region like Brazil and India and a fairer representation for Africa and the big contributors to the UN system like Japan and Germany," French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva said in a joint article published in the French daily Liberation Tuesday.

July 8th, 2009 Obama administration agrees on greenhouse gas cutsL'AQUILA, Italy — The Obama administration says it agrees that industrialized nations should sharply reduce their greenhouse gas emissions over the next four decades. White House officials said Wednesday that the administration supports a goal of an 80 percent greenhouse gas reduction from industrialized nations by 2050.

July 8th, 2009 China says its president cuts short G8 tripBEIJING — China says President Hu Jintao has cut short an official trip to Europe to deal with the outbreak of violence in western Xinjiang where at least 156 people have died in rioting. The Foreign Ministry said on its Web site Wednesday that Hu had left Italy, where he was on a state visit before he was to take part in a Group of Eight meeting with major developing countries.

July 8th, 2009 FLORENCE - Chinese President Hu Jintao cut short his stay in Italy and left for home early Wednesday without attending the G8-G5 summit following the violence in Xinjiang region that has left at least 156 people dead and over 1,000 injured. State Councillor Dai Bingguo will attend the summit meetings in the central Italian city of L'Aquila on Hu's behalf.

July 8th, 2009 FLORENCE - Chinese President Hu Jintao has cut short his G8 visit to Italy and flown back to Beijing in the wake of Xinjiang's worsening situation. Hu will miss the meeting between the leaders of the G8 major industrial industrialized nations and five emerging developing countries in L'Aquila, China Daily reports.

July 8th, 2009 ROME - Chinese President Hu Jintao has pulled out of the Group of Eight summit that starts Wednesday, Italy's Ansa news agency reported. The decision not to attend the meeting was due to ongoing violence in China's western region of Xinjiang.

July 5th, 2009 China won't press for new global currency at G8BEIJING — China will likely push for a bigger voice for developing countries in international monetary policy at the G8 meeting this week, but a top Chinese diplomat said it won't raise its proposal for a new global currency to replace the dollar. China is not one of the Group of Eight major economies but is attending the meeting in the Italian city of L'Aquila as part of a group of five large developing countries.

June 15th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who arrived in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg Monday night, will be meeting four heads of state, including Chinese President Hu Jintao and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, on the sidelines of the two multilateral summits here. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the first BRIC summit of Brazil, Russia, India and China and the summit of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) here.

June 15th, 2009 Italy open to taking 3 Guantanamo detaineesWASHINGTON — Italy says it is open to taking at least three detainees from Guantanamo. An aide to Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday the topic will likely come up during the Italian leader's meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House later in the day.