The group of eight (G8) developed countries have vowed to curb transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology and equipment, surprising India, as the move goes against the spirit of the Nuclear Suppliers Group’s “clean” waiver to it.
A multilateral forum on climate change is all set to call for a 50 per cent cut on global emissions by 2050 and an 80 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for industrialised nations, according to a draft declaration obtained by Kyodo News.
European representatives to the Group of Eight will meet this weekend in Paris to discuss the financial-market turmoil, Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker's office said.
The Group of Eight (G8) nations called on emerging markets to cease subsidising the price of oil and food amid concern such support was propelling demand and prices higher.
The opening day of the five-day-long annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which began here on Wednesday, was marked by French President Jacques Chirac mooting four controversial proposals
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