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20 July 2009
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Leonor Magtolis Briones
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At the beginning of the month I was privileged to be part of an extraordinary and inspiring journey. I traveled to Berlin to be part of the launch of the W8 in Germany, with Oxfam International. The...
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11 July 2009
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Robert Fox
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Canada in 2010 is a date with fate. When the G8 leaders meet in Muskoka next June they come face to face with a long list of commitments – on aid, on Africa, on health and education, water and...
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10 July 2009
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Jeremy Hobbs
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While not quite the Circus Maximus, Silvio Berlusconi’s G8 has been an amazing exercise in spin, powered by round-the-clock ‘bread’ and refreshments for the journalists reporting the event (and it...
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10 July 2009
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Robert Fox
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Just to show it's not over 'til it's over - and underline the power of targeted advocacy - the final communiqué on food security from the G8 leaders caught everyone by surprise by boosting the pledge...
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10 July 2009
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Farida Bena
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It’s past 3 pm on the final day of the Summit and I’ve just started realizing that it’s over… after almost 2 years of working, sweating, worrying about the G8 there’s nothing more I can do to squeeze...
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10 July 2009
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Robert Fox
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Day Two and the focus shifts from the G8 (which in the end met as a group for only several hours) to an ever larger group of world leaders – including all the big producers of green house gases,...
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9 July 2009
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Gawain Kripke
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For weeks the rumors have floated that President Obama wanted to make a major announcement at the G8 on the issue of hunger. His staff said that he wanted to focus on aid to small farmers to...
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8 July 2009
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Robert Fox
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We've now seen what they've agreed to and it isn't pretty. On aid and Africa, there's nothing new. And on the economic crisis, well, let's just say the impact on the poor in the global South wasn't...
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8 July 2009
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Antonio Hill
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The real shift in power dynamics toward the G5 countries – Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa – is striking. Their leaders ride in police-escorted buses from their own buildings, their...
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8 July 2009
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Robert Fox
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Pulling together the logistics for a G8 is no simple task. With an ever-growing number of world leaders, hundreds of journalists, and groups working to influence the outcome from around the world,...
