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G8 leaders want China in climate forum

Japanese and European Union leaders pledged to jointly call in their April 23 talks in Tokyo for a new energy-saving framework to curb global warming at the Group of Eight energy ministers meeting in June in Japan, according to a draft of their postsummit... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Wed, Apr 16 2008

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