Toyako, Japan - Environmentalist groups slammed Tuesday's Group of Eight (G8) agreement to at least halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, saying the deal was too little too late. 

"The G8 have failed the world again. While the Artic is melting, the G8 are postponing action. Instead of climate protection, the world got nothing but flowery words. If this is a step forward, we will never prevent climate chaos in time," said Daniel Mittler, a climate expert at Greenpeace. 

Oxfam International said that the G8's '50 by 50' climate goal left the world with a "50/50 chance of a climate meltdown." 

Toyako (Japan), July 8: In a bid to tackle global warming, leaders of the Group of Eight nations have agreed to set a global target of cutting carbon emissions by at least 50 per cent by 2050.

Toyako (Japan), July 8 : Leaders of the Group of Eight nations, who are meeting in the mountain-top resort hotel at Toyako near northern Hokkaido city have reportedly reached a tentative climate ch

Toyako, July 8: On the sidelines of the ongoing G-8 Summit in Japan, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today met Chinese President Hu Zintao. During the meeting, both sides held delegation-level talks.

According to sources, the Chinese President condemned yesterday’s suicide attack on Indian embassy in Kabul in which 41 people were killed and more than 140 injured.

In what is being described as the first attack on any Indian embassy of such magnitude, a suicide bomber rammed his bomb-laden car into the gates of the Indian embassy in Kabul.

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks ended morning trading lower Tuesday following the US market's overnight falls.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 238.18 points, or 1.78 per cent, to 13,121.86.