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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
... of Leaders Meeting of Major Economies on Energy Security and Climate Change at the Hokkaido Toyako Summit held in July 2008, the G8 pointed out the importance of promoting the use of renewable energies such as solar power. Mitsubishi Electric forecasts a global PV market size of 1,950 megawatts in fiscal 2009 (April 1, 2007-March 31, 2008), growing to 4,430 megawatts in fiscal 2012 (April...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
... failed to recover even after he hosted the Group of Eight summit meeting in northern city of Toyako in July. The resigning premier said he had instructed LDP Secretary General Taro Aso to prepare to hold a party presidential election to pick his successor as party leader. Fukuda succeeded former prime minister Shinzo Abe last September to become leader of ruling Liberal Democratic Party...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
FONT SIZERussia's decision Tuesday to recognize the Georgian separatist provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states has provoked widespread criticism from the West. U.S. President George W. Bush, right, and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev leave at a group photo session at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Toyako, Japan Tuesday, July 8, 2008.(AP Photo/Issei Kato)The...
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ABC News (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
FONT SIZE Russia's decision Tuesday to recognize the Georgian separatist provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states has provoked widespread criticism from the West. U.S. President George W. Bush, right, and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev leave at a group photo session at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Toyako, Japan Tuesday, July 8, 2008.(AP Photo/Issei Kato)The...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
... occasion, food crisis was among the agenda in that meeting."The release recalled that at the G8 Toyako Summit held in Hokkaido on July 7 - 9 this year, the issue of rising food prices was intensively discussed at which time Prime Minister Fukuda stated that at the outset that both immediate and mid-long-term policies were indispensable to address the issue of rising food prices, and noted...
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Nikkei (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Automakers, Electronics Firms Rush To Ally On Eco-CarsTOKYO (Nikkei)--When the Group of Eight summit was held in Toyako, Hokkaido, in July, with global warming placed high on the agenda, the meeting site had the appearances of a motor show as Japanese automakers used the opportunity to display their environmentally friendly vehicles there.
