A former close associate of Prime Minister Meles,Gebru Asrat, is a vice-chairman and spokesman for the Forum.

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The prime minister, opening the World Economic Forum's India summit, said the traditional big polluters will need to subsidize technology for developing countries to cope with reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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(Speech) In January,Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan publicly criticized Israel over the Gaza campaign and walked out of a session of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland attended by Israeli President Shimon Peres.

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He hasn't taken questions from the press in a prime-time forum since last summer, I believe in July.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is scheduled to open the forum on Tuesday, to be followed by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti.

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This year's forum was his second as prime minister.

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