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G8-Gipfel: Initiative fr bezahlbare Lebensmittel starten
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Key agreements at G8 summit
| TOYAKO -- Leaders of the Group of Eight major powers on Tuesday found common ground on climate change, the global economy and a host of political crises at a summit in Japan. | Here are some of the ... (photo: Foto: REGIERUNGonline/Bergmann)
A grain transport truck is loaded up with corn, harvested in the fall of 2007, in Curran, Ill., Friday, March 14, 2008. Food prices have come under pressure because of the increased demand for corn in ethanol production. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)hg3
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Soaring food, fuel prices threaten world economy - G8
| TOYAKO, Japan: Leaders of the Group of Eight powers warned Tuesday that soaring oil and food prices pose a "serious challenge" to world economic growth, calling for boosted crude production capacity... (photo: AP Photo / Seth Perlman)
 President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan enter the Banquet Lobby at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa Sunday, July, 6, 2008, for a joint press availability.  Asia Times 
G-whatever, China is here
| By Francesco Sisci | BEIJING - It will be a strange meeting. Officially, the gathering that begun on Tuesday at Toyako, on Hokkaido in northern Japan is a Group of Eight (G-8) summit, drawing togeth... (photo: White House / Eric Draper)
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 A home in foreclosure is shown Wednesday Oct. 31, 2007 in Pomona, Calif. A soaring number of U.S. ho  Asia Times 
A tale of two downturns
| By Martin Hutchinson | British observers have in the past year indulged in a considerable amount of schadenfreude about the US subprime crisis, the excessively expansionary monetary policy of US Fed... (photo: AP Photo)
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Dollar firmer against euro
| Euro banknotes next to US dollar notes in a cash register. The dollar was firmer against the euro Tuesday, helped by comments from the head of the US Federal Reserve wh... (photo: Public Domain / -)
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Optimistic on economy
RUSUTSU, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers warned Tuesday that surging oil and food prices could undermine world growth but that the global economy wo... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
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Honda rolls latest fuel-cell car off assembly line
| Reuters  Published: Monday, June 16, 2008 | Change font size | Story tools presented by try{ var arr_da = document.getElementById('ad-leaderboard').getElementsByTagNa... (photo: Public Domain / Bavaria II)
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 KLdy1 - May07 - Streets of Upper Siem Riep, Cambodia - third world country - local economy - Majority of the Khmers are living below poverty line earning as little as USD30-35 per month. (dy1)  Wtop
G-8 worried about food, oil; optimistic on economy
By MALCOLM FOSTER | AP Business Writer | RUSUTSU, Japan (AP) - Leaders of the economic powers warned Tuesday that surging oil and food prices could undermine world growth... (photo: WN)
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GROCERY -   FOOD  - COMMODITY                            Star Tribune
G-8 leaders say they are confident about global growth; oil, food inflation pose large risks
| RUSUTSU, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers warned Tuesday that surging oil and food prices could undermine world growth but that the global economy ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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G8-Gipfel auf Hokkaido ISN
The G8 in a global mess: Lessons from the past The precedent of the United ...
By Ann Pettifor for openDemocracy (08/07/08) | Japan hosts the G8 summit in the northern island of Hokkaido on at a time when its prolonged period of deflation and econom... (photo: REGIERUNGonline / Steins )
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 today´s consumer can find an abundant supply of fresh vegetables year-round. ... Fresh vegetables provide a variety of vitamins and minerals. tp1 Turkish Press
G8 says soaring oil, food prices threaten global economy
| Protesters carry a placard during a protest against soaring prices in Manila on June 26. Eight of the world's most powerful leaders have called for efforts to cool sizz... (photo: WN/Theresa)
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G8: Biofuels turn up heat on food prices
| Toyako, Japan - The Group of Eight powers meet on Tuesday to discuss biofuels, with concern growing that the rise in their use is helping to drive world food prices hig... (photo: WN / ab1)
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- G8 to punish those responsible for Zimbabwe chaos
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President Robert Mugabe addresses supporters and delegates at the closing ceremony of the Zanu pf Congress in Harare, Friday, Dec, 14, 2007. Mugabe, who has been in power since 1980, was elected to again contest presidential and parliamentary elections set for March 2008 . He attacked Western countries for intervening in the crisis in the country. Zimbabwe currently has the highest inflation in the world currently pegged at over 8000 percen
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- Oil continues to slide for second day as traders take profit
- Oil extends slide into 2nd day, losing over $5
- Price of oil falls more than $8 in two days
 President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan enter the Banquet Lobby at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa Sunday, July, 6, 2008, for a joint press availability.
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- Soaring food, fuel prices threaten world economy
- Chummy US-NK upsets Seoul
- G8 summiteers agree on joint action to curb oil prices
- Oil continues to slide for second day as traders take profit
- Oil extends slide into 2nd day, losing over $5
- Price of oil falls more than $8 in two days
A grain transport truck is loaded up with corn, harvested in the fall of 2007, in Curran, Ill., Friday, March 14, 2008. Food prices have come under pressure because of the increased demand for corn in ethanol production. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)hg3
Soaring food, fuel prices threaten world economy - G8
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- ECONOMIC FORUM / Japan loses pivotal reform force
- Purchasing power blown away
- A tale of two downturns
- Unionists should face new reality
- 'High oil, food prices to put global economy under strai
 A home in foreclosure is shown Wednesday Oct. 31, 2007 in Pomona, Calif. A soaring number of U.S. ho
A tale of two downturns
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- Oil continues to slide for second day as traders take profit
- Oil extends slide into 2nd day, losing over $5
- Oil extends slide into 2nd day, losing over $5
- Oil extends slide into 2nd day, shedding up to $6
- Oil extends slide into 2nd day, shedding up to $6
- Oil extends slide into 2nd day, shedding up to $6
GROCERY -   FOOD  - COMMODITY
G-8 leaders say they are confident about global growth; oil, food inflation pose large risks
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- Eco-friendly technologies wow foreign journalists
- G8 summiteers agree on joint action to curb oil prices
- G-8 summit not as green as billed, activists say
- Oil extends slide into 2nd day, shedding up to $6
- Oil down more than $8 in 2 days
- Weddings and sex in space to become reality soon
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G8 summiteers agree on joint action to curb oil prices
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- Bush, Merkel Meet on G-8 Issues
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