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...Syria (which was once ruled by France under a League of Nations Mandate). Over the past weekend, Syrian state television has been beaming round-the-clock images of the Syrian President and his tres chic First Lady making the scene in the City of Light: Bashar at a summit for Mediterranean leaders, Asma at the Louvre and Centre Pompidou, and both of them as official guests of French President Nicholas Sarkozy at Bastille Day celebrations on Monday. From all the high-wattage smiles, it's clear they're having a blast...
...Beijing To Go or Not to Go During the July 7-9 G-8 summit, Nicolas Sarkozy and Yasuo Fukuda became the latest heads of state to agree to attend the Beijing Olympics' opening ceremonies, disappointing Tibet advocates who had called for a boycott. Notable RSVPS...
...summit in the Japanese resort town of Toyako, President George W. Bush proudly presented a pledge by the group's eight member nations to cut global greenhouse-gas emissions at least 50% by 2050. For a President who came into office publicly doubting climate change and has repeatedly refused to set specific limits on carbon emissions, the G-8 statement was a personal step forward...
...real loss in Toyako was the chance to fully enlist big developing nations like China and India in the fight against climate change. In the weeks leading up to the summit, these countries indicated that they would be amenable to broad, long-term emissions reductions?provided that rich nations agreed to their own short-term cuts. The U.S. (along with Canada and Australia) nixed the idea, and so the developing nations conspicuously did not agree to the G-8's 2050 target...
...next year's summit, the U.S. will have a new and more environmental President, and the ground is set for substantial negotiations. But we won't get back eight lost years of White House indifference and interference on climate. It's too late for Bush to reverse that now. We can only hope it's not too late for the rest...