| CBC: The head of the European Union's executive has said the Group of Eight summit leaders may be ready to step up promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions when they meet on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido this week. Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Sunday that leaders of wealthy countries in the group will be "working for real commitments" on the issue. Leaders from the G8 – which includes the United States, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, Britain, Italy ... |
