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 ROSTOCK, Germany (AP) - Both President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have been making optimistic comments about the prospects for agreement on climate change.
But the United States and other industrialized democracies gathering near here remain farther apart on the difficult issue than their leaders like to acknowledge. Bush and Merkel are due to hash out some of those differences over lunch Wednesday ahead of the evening's official opening of the three-day Group of Eight summit of industrialized nations.
On Bush's way to his meeting with Merkel in Heiligendamm, a band of about 20 demonstrators dressed as clowns were seen scampering in the woods, but it was unclear whether their protest was about global warming or other issues being discussed at the summit.
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