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Fiscal crisis puts global warming on shelf

Oct. 12, 2008
The financial crisis and a deepening economic downturn are threatening to delay efforts to deal with another pressing global crisis: climate change. Hopes for action had been running high since both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama had...
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Leaders close APEC summit

LIMA, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit said the global economic crisis facing most nations can be surmounted by 2010.

White House: Summit yields broad agreement

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Leaders at the global economic summit in Washington agreed Saturday on a general framework for dealing with the global financial crisis, the White House said.
Britain to pitch international tax cut

Britain to pitch international tax cut

LONDON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling for an international agreement among major economies to cut taxes to stimulate the global economy.
Crisis pushes multilateralism, Brown says

Crisis pushes multilateralism, Brown says

LONDON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The time is right to create a global society following the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says.

Japan's growth forecast cut sharply

TOKYO, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Japan's central bank, noting the nation's slowing economy, Friday drastically cut fiscal 2008 growth forecast to 0.1 percent from its July 1.2 percent estimate.

U.N. head urges protection for poor

BEIJING, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The head of the United Nations says more must be done to protect the world's poorest people during the global financial crisis.

Wen says he'll attend G20 meeting

BEIJING, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, fresh off the Asia-Europe summit, says he will also attend the G20 meeting being called to tackle the global economic crisis.

Financial crisis hits Gazprom

MOSCOW, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Financial reports from Russian energy giant Gazprom suggest the global economic meltdown is having an effect on the firm's profit forecasts.
Financial crisis topic of Euro-Asia summit

Financial crisis topic of Euro-Asia summit

BEIJING, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Europe and Asia must work together or face the consequences of the global economic crisis, the European Commission president said Thursday in Beijing.

IMF warns of European recession

BRUSSELS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Economic growth in Europe is expected to fall sharply before starting to recover in late 2009, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.

Financial crisis to hit GDP, group says

BRUSSELS, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The current financial crisis could exact a toll on the world's gross domestic product, an international business group in Belgium said.

Bush, Berlusconi discuss credit crisis

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The United States and Italy worked to resolve past global challenges and are doing so again with the credit crisis, U.S. President George Bush said Monday.

Economic woes hit green energy

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The global economic crisis is widespread and now may be affecting the fight against climate change.

Bush, Paulson to hold two bailout meetings

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and financial ministers will discuss coordinating an answer to the global financial crisis, the White House said.

Financial crisis hurting Azeri oil sector

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The global economic crisis will have a ripple effect on the energy sector, creating the potential for a significant downturn in the economy of Azerbaijan.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch