The G-20: From unreal to surreal

Before we go more deeply into the Syrian swamp, a few comments on the recent G-20 summit.

U.N. body urges G20 action on food prices, waste

(Reuters) - The world's top farm producers in the Group of 20 countries must agree coordinated action to ease worries about food prices, the head of the United Nations food agency said on Monday, as he and other experts bemoaned a huge global waste of food and water.

G20 parliamentary heads to meet in Riyadh

(MENAFN - Arab News) Parliamentary heads of the G20 nations will converge in Riyadh on Friday to discuss a range of regional and international issues within the framework of a parliamentary consultation process started by the G20 member nations in Canada in 2010.

EU won't drop aviation CO2 scheme

(Reuters) - The European Union will not bow to pressure to suspend a controversial scheme to charge airlines for their carbon emissions, but is willing to be flexible in finding a solution to a row that threatens to escalate into a full-blown trade war.