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Full text of joint statement of South Korea-U.S. summit SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of a joint statement released after the summit between South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President George W. Bush in Seoul on Wednesday. President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea and President George W. Bush of the United States of America held a summit meeting in Seoul on August 6, 2008. The two Presidents recalled that their first summit meeting at Camp David on April 19 was a milestone in the development of a ROK-U.S. strategic alliance for...

rising prices and a global shortage of provisions. But yesterday the Prime Minister and other world leaders sat down to an 18-course gastronomic extravaganza at a G8 summit in Japan, which is focusing on the food crisis. The dinner, and a six-course lunch, at the summit of leading industrialised nations on the island of Hokkaido, included delicacies such as caviar, milkfed lamb, sea urchin and tuna, with champagne and wines flown in from Europe and the U.S.

Why Saudi Arabia's King Wants to Dampen Oil Prices By Bernhard Zand Consumers aren't the only ones being hit by high oil prices. Now that the oil shock has reached producing countries, Saudi Arabia has called a crisis summit this weekend in an effort to find concerted solutions that could push barrel prices down. Others would be overjoyed to be earning a $1 billion a day, and to have good reason to expect that number to climb to $2 billion a day next year. But Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud seems less than thrilled these days, and the newly tense atmosphere...

McCain Delivers Remarks at the National Small Business SummitCQ Transcriptswire Tuesday, June 10, 2008; 12:50 PM **SNIP** If that authority is entrusted to me, I will use the veto as needed. I will veto every single beer -- bill with earmarks.

I chanced upon an article, in today’s Times of London, about the UN Food Summit currently occurring in Rome. The gist of the article is that the World Leaders have decided to “tone down” the menu for the meetings so that they would not be accused of hypocrisy as they were at the last such summit 6 years ago. The top of the article has a photo of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italy Prime Minister, joking with Food and Agriculture Organization Director General Jacques Diouf before sitting down for a “modest” lunch. The article goes on to display the entire menu...

Summit to combat fuel poverty a 'disaster', campaigners sayMiles Brignall The Guardian Thursday April 24 2008 One of Britain's biggest charities has condemned yesterday's energy industry summit as a "disaster" for the 4.5m households living in fuel poverty. Mervyn Kohler, special adviser to Help the Aged, described the lack of concrete measures to come out of the summit as a slap in the face to the poorest consumers - those who are forced to spend at least 10% of their income to heat and light their home. Seven government ministers and representatives from each of the big power companies attended...

Today the President travelled to New Orleans to take part in the North American leaders summit where he attended various events including a dinner this evening. Pray for President Bush -- Day 2776 The First Lady participated in a First Bloom event at Battery Park in New York. The Vice President said goodbye to the Pope yesterday and today spoke at the Manhatten Institute. Secretary of State Condeleza Rice was in Bahrain today and then travelled for private talks in Kuwait. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to host a summit of some 20 world leaders and key figures to discuss "progressive" governance, after a conference on the issue in London Friday, officials said. South African President Thabo Mbeki, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and former US president Bill Clinton are among participants at the summit of broadly centre-left leaders outside London on Saturday, said Downing Street. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy and national leaders from Australia, Chile, Cyprus, Ghana, Italy, Liberia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway and Slovakia are also scheduled, according...

DAKAR (Reuters) - World Muslim leaders on Friday condemned extremism and terrorism as incompatible with Islam and proposed a high-level international meeting to promote a "dialogue of civilizations" with the Christian world. Leaders of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which represents 1.5 billion Muslims from across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, made the "Dakar Declaration" after a two-day summit in Senegal's capital. "We continue to strongly condemn all forms of extremism and dogmatism which are incompatible with Islam, a religion of moderation and peaceful coexistence," the declaration said. "We believe that it is important to plan...

As he noted in his State of the Union address, the President will be hosting the North American Leaders' Summit on April 21-22 in New Orleans. This fourth meeting of North American leaders since 2005 will continue our work on Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) initiatives. It will also serve as an opportunity for the three leaders to discuss hemispheric and global issues of importance to North America.

PARIS (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a French magazine in an interview that if he wins office, he will hold a summit with Muslim countries to better the United States' image in the world. "Once I'm elected, I want to organize a summit in the Muslim world, with all the heads of state, to have an honest discussion about ways to bridge the gap that grows every day between Muslims and the West," Thursday's edition of Paris Match quoted Obama as saying,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2008 – More than 180 representatives of 122 troop-support groups gathered today at the Pentagon to share information and insights about ways to boost their efforts during the third annual America Supports You National Summit. Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Allison Barber, the program’s architect, opened the all-day session welcoming the participants she credits with making America Supports You such a big success. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is slated to close the summit, thanking the groups for their contributions. The Defense Department launched the America Supports you program in November 2004 to showcase support for the country’s...

Giuliani visits, but not to campaign By David M. Brown TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday it would be a mistake to place high expectations on this week's Middle East peace talks in Annapolis. On a brief visit to Pittsburgh, the former New York mayor took an indirect swat at Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton by criticizing her husband's approach to the Middle East. "I don't think we should have unrealistic expectations" for the Annapolis summit, Giuliani said in an interview with the Tribune-Review. "I don't think we should raise hopes too high, because...

This morning President Bush attended the Annapolis Conference at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland Transcript of President Bush’s address First Lady Laura Bush attended the 2007 National Prevention and Health Promotion Summit in Washington, DC For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary November 27, 2007 Joint Understanding Read by President Bush at Annapolis Conference Memorial Hall United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland       President Bush Attends Annapolis Conference PRESIDENT BUSH: The representatives of the government of the state of Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization, represented respective by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and President Mahmoud Abbas...

The Annapolis summit: More of the same Tuesday, November 27, 2007 So, world leaders today in Annapolis, Md., take another stab at "lasting peace" in the Mideast. Pardon our cynicism but wake us up when this latest effort fails. Now, to be fair, the goal of the session is not to sign some grand accord that will solve what appears to be the region's intractable problems. Rather it's billed as one of those set-the-stage sessions for future "meaningful peace negotiations" between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (CNN) -- Israel is "ready now for a deal," said an Israeli official attending Tuesday's U.S.-brokered Mideast summit aimed at laying the groundwork for future peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have "very good chemistry," the official said, adding that he is hopeful a document "will be finalized before we leave Washington Wednesday night." -snip-

RIYADH (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez opened an OPEC summit on Saturday with a chilling warning about 200-dollar oil if the United States attacks Iran in a speech that also urged the cartel to be more political. But internal divisions about the role of the oil exporters' group were highlighted when King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, OPEC kingpin and key US regional ally, sounded a moderate note, saying oil "must not become an instrument for conflict." Chavez, a fiery leftist and fiercely anti-US leader, warned that crude prices could double from their current already-record level of near 100 dollars...

Wednesday, Oct 17, 2007 Governor Mitt Romney Excerpts Of Remarks At The Club For Growth (Live Via Video) Washington, D.C. Governor Romney On The Line-Item Veto: Governor Romney: "I should also note that perhaps the best way to get our spending down was to be able to use the line-item veto. I used that 844 times as Governor of Massachusetts. I'm glad I had it." Governor Romney On His Conservative Blueprint To Lower Taxes: Governor Romney: "Let me tell you what I'd do, as opposed to what Hillary Clinton would do with regard to our tax and spending policies. First...

N. Korea's Track Record Tempers Hope By Richard Halloran Clouds of good cheer billowed out from Pyongyang and Beijing this week, giving rise once again to the hope that maybe, just maybe, peace is at hand on a Korean peninsula freed of nuclear arms. Amid this optimism, it may be curmudgeonly to say so but the history of dealing with North Korea over six decades justifies a dose of skepticism. That path is strewn with North Korean deception, lies, broken promises, assassinations and attempted assassinations, kidnappings, other violence, and no small amount of belligerent bluster. In Pyongyang, a summit meeting...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is moving boldly down the rabbit hole. Next week, Rice is due back in the Middle East for meetings in Jerusalem and Ramallah. The purpose of her upcoming visit, like her previous ones, will be to pressure the Olmert government and the Fatah terror organization to reach "substantive agreements" that she'll be able to present to the world at her peace summit in Maryland next month. It is far from clear what American interests Rice is advancing with her unswerving effort to reach a peace accord between Israel and Fatah. Indeed, Rice's efforts are...

(LEAD) N. Korean leader asks Roh to extend Pyongyang visit by one day SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Wednesday asked South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun to extend his North Korea visit by one day and stay in Pyongyang until Friday, Roh's public information secretary announced here. "North Korean leader Kim made a proposal for Roh to extend his stay in Pyongyang. The South's government officials and the presidential aides will positively consider the proposal," Yoon Seung-yong said in a media briefing. Roh was originally scheduled to return to Seoul on Thursday. According to pool...

Dear Leader Kim Jong Il goes sour on talks to mend fences with rich neighbour Leo Lewis in Seoul A last-minute change of venue, an inscrutable handshake and the robotic forced glee of a thousand brightly dressed “wellwishers” with no choice in the matter – it was a textbook welcome from North Korea and the world’s most notorious dictator. But it was a very unfamiliar Kim Jong Il who shuffled woodenly through a meeting with President Roh of South Korea in Pyongyang yesterday. His gait was uncomfortable, his shoulders hunched and his face a mask bereft of emotion. The historic...

Leaders of North, South Korea meet By BURT HERMAN, Associated Press Writer 23 minutes ago North Korean leader Kim Jong Il greeted South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Pyongyang on Tuesday to begin the second summit between the two countries since the peninsula's division after World War II. Thousands of cheering North Koreans waving pink paper flowers and a military honor guard bearing rifles with bayonets heralded the leaders' first encounter outside a cultural hall in the North Korean capital, where Roh traveled some 3 1/2 hours by road from the South Korean capital, Seoul. The two leaders walked down...

"Arnie" and "Al," Republican and Democrat, shared the world spotlight to press for climate action, adding a touch of star quality to the staid proceedings of a U.N. summit. The two headliners, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Vice President Al Gore, also highlighted by their presence President Bush's absence from the eight hours of high-level speechmaking Monday on what to do about global warming. Bush, who did take part later in a small, private U.N. dinner with key players on climate, rejects the idea of international treaty obligations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" blamed...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -- Members of an Australian TV comedy show, one dressed as Osama bin Laden, drove through two security checkpoints Thursday before being stopped near the Sydney hotel where President Bush is staying. The stunt embarrassed Sydney police who have imposed the tightest security measures in city history for a summit of leaders from Pacific Rim countries, including Bush. Police arrested 11 cast and crew from the TV program, "The Chaser's War on Everything," and impounded three vehicles, the Australian Broadcasting Corp., which airs the show, said on its Web site. Cast members put together a sham motorcade, hiring...

/begin my translation Kim Jong-il to Visit China in November 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is to be convened on Oct. 15, which will shape up the Chinese leadership for next five years. This makes it highly likely that N. Korean leader would visit China in coming November. High-level diplomatic sources in China said on Aug. 29, "It is quite likely that N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il would make a visit to China on November, in which he would introduce himself to China's next leadership and inform them of the result of inter-Korean summit...

The August 21, 2007 Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello, Quebec with U.S. President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Harper and Mexican President Calderon was held behind closed doors. Nothing of substance has been reported by the press, even though several major media outlets attended the event. To understand what might have happened, we can turn to an August 13 policy conference that was held in Washington, DC. Titled "The Montebello Summit and the Future of North America," the conference presented three panels of global thinkers, including Dr. Robert A. Pastor, to prognosticate on the past, present and future...

The latest meeting of North American leaders is underway at Montebello, Quebec, and I can’t help but notice something a bit different. The script is the same – photo ops, the show of solidarity and friendship, the bath-challenged protesters, - but there is a different feel to the shindig. It’s the same weird, unfamiliar sensation I experienced the last time the respective national leaders got together, and I think I’ve figured out what it is: for the first time in a long time, it isn’t embarrassing to have the Canadian Prime Minister in the international spotlight.

Protestors march through the streets of Ottawa 19 Aug on their way to Parliment building to protest the upcoming Security and Prosperity Partnership Summit. The leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico are expected to meet Monday at this log cabin resort, near Ottawa, for a two-day summit to bolster trilateral trade and security.(AFP/David Boily)

Two Koreas agree to postpone summit until early October: presidential office By Yoo Cheong-mo SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday asked South Korea to postpone the inter-Korean summit slated for Aug. 28-30 in Pyongyang until early October, citing severe flood damage sustained by the North, presidential spokesman Cheon Ho-seon said. In response, South Korea accepted the North's request and proposed holding the summit on Oct. 2-4 in the North Korean capital, Cheon said.

African summit ignores Zimbabwe's woes By Sebastien Berger Last Updated: 2:27am BST 18/08/2007 President Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo[left], Robert Mugabe and President Kikwete Zimbabwe's neighbours wound up a two-day regional summit yesterday without discussing the turmoil in the country under Robert Mugabe. The Zambian president, Levy Mwanawasa, who earlier this year described Zimbabwe as a "sinking Titanic", proposed a review of its political and economic crisis but other leaders did not respond positively. Mr Mugabe had been loudly cheered when the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit opened on Thursday. The failure to confront him despite his...

While protesters will be barred from the grounds of the “three amigos” summit next week, the American and Mexican presidents and their host — Prime Minister Stephen Harper — can watch them on a video feed piped into the resort where they’re meeting.

SEOUL, South Korea - North and South Korea announced Wednesday that their leaders will hold their second-ever summit this month, reprising the historic 2000 meeting that launched unprecedented reconciliation between the two longtime foes. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will meet Aug. 28-30 in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, South Korean presidential security adviser Baek Jong-chun told reporters. At the only other such North-South summit, Kim met then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in June 2000, also in Pyongyang. North Korea also released a statement confirming an agreement on the summit signed Sunday between the...

KENNEBUNKPORT -- President Bush is headed to the family estate in Maine this weekend, prompting speculation he may visit with another world leader vacationing nearby. Bush is scheduled to visit for a family wedding while French President Nicolas Sarkozy vacations at an estate on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H. -- just 50 miles away by car. Neither the White House nor the Elysee have commented on a possible meeting, and Sarkozy declined to say during a press conference Sunday whether he planned to visit with Bush this weekend. White House officials did not return calls seeking comment Monday. A Bush-Sarkozy...

President Bush invited representatives of major industrialized and developing countries to a conference on climate changes this fall in Washington. “In recent years, science has deepened our understanding of climate change and opened new possibilities for confronting it,” Mr. Bush said in his invitation letter, asking other nations to take part in discussing a long-term strategy. The White House has set the meeting for Sept. 27-28. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be the host. Mr. Bush, who plans to address the conference, invited China, the European Union, the European Commission, France, Germany, India, Italy, Britain, Japan, Canada, South Korea,...

By DEB RIECHMANN The Associated Press Friday, August 3, 2007; 3:01 PM WASHINGTON -- President Bush invited representatives of major industrialized and developing countries to a climate change summit in September at the same time that the United Nations is holding a similar conclave. "In recent years, science has deepened our understanding of climate change and opened new possibilities for confronting it," Bush said in his invitation letter Friday, asking other nations to take part in discussing a long-term strategy for reducing greenhouse emissions.

US President George W. Bush has invited major world economies to a multinational climate change conference in Washington on September 27-28, the White House announced Friday. Bush has invited representatives from Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, the European Commission and United Nations, it said. The conference, which the US president previewed on May 31, will aim to set the stage for setting a long-term goal to cut emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. "The United States is committed to collaborating with other major economies to agree...

WASHINGTON – President Bush invited representatives of major industrialized and developing countries to a climate change summit in September at the same time that the United Nations is holding a similar conclave. “In recent years, science has deepened our understanding of climate change and opened new possibilities for confronting it,” Bush said in his invitation letter Friday, asking other nations to take part in discussing a long-term strategy for reducing greenhouse emissions. Under international pressure to take tough action against global warming, Bush last May had called for a meeting of nations to talk about how to reduce global greenhouse...

OTTAWA–Rising concerns about continental integration and opposition to U.S. President George W. Bush's war in Iraq may bring protesters to Montebello, Que., in large numbers next month when Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with his American and Mexican counterparts. Thousands of demonstrators turned out in Ottawa the last time Bush visited Canada in 2004. But those opposing Iraq or the tightening of relations among Canada, Mexico and the U.S. are unlikely to get very close to the Aug. 20-21 summit at a luxury resort 80 kilometres from Ottawa. Police are planning to throw up a security cordon extending several kilometres...

Roh Bent on Last-Minute Inter-Korean Summit President Roh Moo-hyun has reiterated he would want to meet with Kim Jong-il even when Roh has only two or three months left in office. "When the nuclear issue is in the process of resolution, the inter-Korean relationship should develop simultaneously,” Roh said in an interview with the government-friendly Hankyoreh Shinmun on Wednesday. “In that sense, if I turn down North Korea's request for a summit on grounds that I have only a few months in office left, the process of resolving the North Korean nuclear problem would be affected and delayed." He...

The summit, like past ones, is attracting protesters opposed to capitalism, globalization, the war in Iraq and the G-8 itself. Police have surrounded the summit site with a seven-mile-long fence topped with barbed wire, and closed the surrounding waters and airspace, fearing terrorism or disorderly protests like the ones that marred at 2001 summit in Genoa, Italy, where police and protesters clashed for days and one demonstrator was killed. Protests near the fence have been banned. In Rostock, the officially permitted demonstration began peacefully Saturday with two groups of marchers gathering at the waterfront. Clashes broke out near the end...

SIERRA VISTA — After three days of talking about cultural awareness, plans are in the making for another conference in 2008. The first Training and Doctrine Command Cultural Awareness Summit was a success, but the consensus is that more conferences are needed to help the military, educational and industry institutions do even more, said Col. John Bird, director of training, development and support at Fort Huachuca’s Intelligence Center. One speaker at the event said that if the summit had been held two years ago, all the attendees could have fit in a 15-passenger van. But nearly 350 showed up for...

March 28, 2007 Arab leaders open key Middle East summit (Awad Awad/AFP/Getty Images) Arab leaders kicked off the two-day summit in Riyadh today Devika Bhat and agencies Leaders from Arab states have opened a key summit in Riyadh aimed at reviving a five-year-old plan for peace with Israel, as part of a diplomatic offensive by Saudi Arabia to resolve the Middle East conflict. But the opening of the meeting was marked by a strident attack by Saudi King Abdullah against the presence of its close US ally in Iraq as an“illegitimate foreign occupation,” and a warning of civil war. Several...

Arab summit attempts to revive peace plan Staff and agencies Wednesday March 28, 2007 Guardian Unlimited A summit of Arab nations opened in Riyadh today to consider an ambitious Middle East peace plan offering Israel recognition and security in return for its withdrawal to pre-1967 borders. The initiative - the centrepiece of the Arab League's 19th summit - is being heavily pushed by the hosts, Saudi Arabia. It was rejected by Israel when first put forward in 2002. The plan has generated hope of a possible breakthrough despite Israeli wariness over the extent of the proposed withdrawal and concerns over...

The overall message I came away with from the Summit was, have faith in the correctness of the conservative philosophy, but think creatively and pragmatically about how to implement that vision in 21st Century America. Sounds like Newt, right? I am going to be giving him a much closer look now than I would have before.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have agreed to hold a three-way summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on reviving peace talks, Israeli media reported. The reports did not say when the summit would take place or where. Rice met Olmert in Jerusalem one day after the top US diplomat, meeting with Abbas, promised a bigger American push towards establishing a Palestinian state. Rice has been pressing Olmert to take steps that could help bolster Abbas of Fatah in his power struggle with Hamas Islamists who control the government. But just as Rice's meeting...

Energy ministers from China, India, Japan, South Korea, and the United States – which, collectively, account for nearly half of the world's oil consumption – met in Beijing last Friday to see if they could agree on a coordinated response to high petroleum prices. On Saturday, the ministers reported that they will henceforth work together when engaged in the project of picking winners in energy markets, redouble their efforts to subsidize and mandate energy conservation and efficiency, cooperate in the management of their respective government-owned oil stockpiles, and improve flow of oil market data between their respective economies. Let's hope...

Beth Gorham, The Canadian Press Published: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 WASHINGTON -- A U.S. legislator who backs tough anti-immigrant measures and more security at the Canada-U.S. border is warning Americans that President George W. Bush is plotting to integrate the continent. And he says Prime Minister Stephen Harper “buys into it.” Colorado Republican Tom Tancredo, revered by some U.S. conservatives for his efforts to staunch the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico, said this week that Bush is a dangerous internationalist. “He is going to do what he can to create a place where the idea of America is just...

CNN Founder Seeks Meetings With Roh, Kim Jong-il The maverick CNN founder Ted Turner is pushing for private meetings with the leaders of North and South Korea. Turner visited both Koreas last year. Now he is reportedly seeking meetings with President Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Jong-il. First visiting North Korea, Turner may carry a message when he subsequently travels south. Last year, Tuner visited with Donald Gregg, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, Curt Weldon, vice chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services and Homeland Security Committees, on a charted plane to both Koreas. At the time, Turner gave...

On Saturday, October 7, 2006, CorridorWatch.org will host their second Toll & Corridor Summit in Austin, Texas. CorridorWatch.org is pleased to announce Dr. Pat Choate as the featured lunch keynote speaker during the daylong Summit II meeting in Austin. A native of Maypearl, Texas, Pat Choate is an independent thinker unafraid to ruffle establishment feathers. With a doctorate in economics focused on the role of government and industries in economic development, Choate has made waves challenging the benefit of free trade. In 1993, he co-authored with H. Ross Perot the best-selling book "Save Your Job, Save Our Country: Why NAFTA...