Unprecedented anti- globalization demonstrations being staged in this seaside city of Italy have made the leaders of the Group of Eight countries consider seriously the future process of what is often seen as " rich men's club."
The leaders of the seven wealthiest countries plus Russia on Saturday issued a statement on regional issues including the crisis in Macedonia and the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to present US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer with Israel's reservations on a proposal raised by G8 foreign ministers to send international monitors to the region, government sources said Thursday.
African leaders are planning to sell a "new African initiative" to the forthcoming Group of Eight (G8) Summit to be held in Genoa, a northern city of Italy, from July 20 to 22, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Thursday.
A letter bomb blew up in the hands of a police officer Monday, seriously wounding him and fueling fears of violence at a summit that will bring world leaders to Genoa this week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will suggest discussing at the G8 summit in Genoa the terms for the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol which provides for limiting the emission of substances destroying the atmosphere's ozone layer, Russian media reported Monday.
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Wednesday that Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush might meet earlier than an expected G8 summit due in July this year because of Bush's Tuesday initiation of US- Russian talks on global strategic stability.
