The G20 gains more clout

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President Obama announced today that the G20 will NOW act as the global forum for economic policy — and not the smaller G8. The decision brings some of the newer, developing economies to the table. Anchor Marco Werman explains.

Global Political Cartoons: July 4 – July 10, 2009

Europe features large in this week’s political cartoons. We see President Obama and Russian President Medvedev try to flatter and dare each other into reducing their nuclear arsenals and this year’s G8 summit host, Italian president Silvio Berlusconi, appears to be preoccupied with his life outside of government. In other images, Sarah Palin has a plan to get to the White House and Barack Obama embraces his own plan to gradually withdraw from Iraq.

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Entire Program – July 8, 2009

Today on The World: Leaders at the G8 summit agree on targets for reducing greenhouse gases, moondust becomes a medium for a former Apollo astronaut turned artist, and a view of President Obama’s Moscow visit, courtesy of Russian TV. Listen

The G8 Summit in Italy

Global leaders from the eight industrialized nations met in Italy today. Their goal: Fix the global economy.

OK, maybe the agenda isn’t quite that ambitious, but they’ve got a lot on their plate.

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G8 summit gets under way

The World’s Jason Margolis reports on how the changing nature of the G8. The annual summit of the group of eight leading industrialized powers got under way today in L’Aquila, Italy.
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G8 on greenhouse gases

Leaders at the G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy have issued a joint statement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets details from Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists, who’s been following the talks.
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Quake victims at the G8

This year’s G8 summit takes place in L’Aquila, Italy, the site of a devastating earthquake in April. Some locals who’ve been living in tents since the quake are protesting. They say too much went into preparing for the summit, and too little into helping L’Aquila recover. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details.
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Obama, Russia, and the G8

The World’s Gerry Hadden reports on European reaction to President Obama’s visit to Moscow. Obama headed straight to the G8 summit in Italy after his meeting with Russian President Medvedev.
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