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A Japanese Suburb Goes Middle East

By Katsuhiro Asagiri

TOKYO - Koganei is a small town on the outskirts of Tokyo. It has a population of 113,389. Only some 2,418 of them are foreign nationals. One would not expect this suburb to bother about the rest of the world; certainly not the conflict-ridden Middle East.

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Add Another Five – In a Way

Analysis by Ramesh Jaura

TOKYO - The G8 summit meetings in Toyako on the Japanese island of Hokkaido were critical not only for North-South but also South-South relations and their impact on a globalised world.

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Old Targets Set in New Language

By Ramesh Jaura

TOKYO - After months of ministerial meetings that culminated in the summit of the world's seven major industrial democracies and Russia (G8) last week, the focus shifts back to United Nations negotiations on a new post-2012 climate treaty regime.

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'Planet Burns While G8 Fiddles'

By Ramesh Jaura

TOYAKO - While the world's major industrialised nations expressed satisfaction over their three-day summit meetings that concluded Wednesday, non-governmental organisations, after some early and limited approval, were deeply disappointed with the outcome on the whole.

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G8 Leaders Produce More Than NGOs Expected

By Ramesh Jaura

TOYAKO - Three key documents – on African development, food security, and corruption -- emerging Tuesday from the summit of major industrial nations' leaders seem to have taken non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by surprise in delivering more than expected, even if they did not please all.

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Majority Favours An Exclusive G8 Club

By Ramesh Jaura

TOYAKO (IPS) - The Group of Eight (G8) will remain an exclusive club of major industrial nations at least for a year. Whether the next year's summit in Italy will decide on its expansion -- to include Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa -- is an open question.

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Japanese Commitment to Africa Challenged

By Ramesh Jaura

TOYAKO - Japan received kudos Monday from the leaders of seven African states as they met with their counterparts from the group of eight (G8) major industrialised nations in Toyako on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. But others raised doubts over the extent of commitment to Africa by Japan and the other G8 countries.

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Global Food Security Plan Expected

By Ramesh Jaura

TOYAKO - A landmark agreement on ensuring global food security is likely to emerge from the G8 summit in Toyako.

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A Mountain Of Wishes Waits

By Ramesh Jaura

TOYAKO - When the leaders of seven western industrial democracies and Russia gather for their meetings Jul. 7-9 in Toyako on the northern island of Hokkaido, a mountain of wishes tabled by a multitude of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from around the world would have piled up before them.

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'Make Or Break on Climate Change'

By Ramesh Jaura

TOKYO - Japan is preparing to test its leadership role at the summit meeting of seven western industrial democracies and Russia (G8) Jul. 7-9 in Toyako on the northern island of Hokkaido.

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