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G8 Summit
IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, German State Secretary Thomas Mirow, Canadian Finance Minister James Flaherty, French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde and Russian Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin (L-R) shovel dirt to plant a memorial tree during the G8 Finance Ministers Meeting in Osaka, June 14, 2008. (Reuters)
The global food shortage and rising energy prices are two issues likely to take prominence at this year's Group of Eight summit, which this year will be held at Toyako in Hokkaido.
Read on for the latest stories from the summit.
News stories
- Fukuda says G-8 not place to decide carbon targets
- Fukuda urges world governments to boost farm produce to ease food crisis
- G-8 to fight oil prices with conservation, new technology; calls for increased production
- G-8 environment chiefs to set 2050 greenhouse gas target, leave 2020 target for later talks
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