Toyako, Japan - Under pressure to deliver, the leaders of the world's seven richest countries and Russia will meet in Japan on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the impact of spiralling food and oil pr

Johannesburg  - As G8 leaders began meeting in Japan Monday for talks on issues including Zimbabwe, the country's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) repeated its demands for an end to

Tokyo - Japanese immigration authorities have denied entry to 19 members of an international farmers' group who flew in from South Korea, sources associated with an NGO said Friday.

The farmers' group members arrived in Japan on Thursday and had planned to attend a forum in Hokkaido ahead of the Group of Eight (G8) summit meeting, which is scheduled July 7-9 in Toyako, Japan.

An immigration official said the group members' purpose for coming was "not clear," after they were asked whether they had participated in demonstrations in the past.

The members were to attend a forum on climate change and its impact on food supplies.

Berlin - The Grou

Beijing - China on Thursday cautioned against "empty talk" on long-term climate goals at next week's G8 summit of the world's seven leading industrial nations and Russia.

Berlin - The major developing countries are being drawn into
climate-control policies under a process initiated under the German