LIVE
8 is part of a day of action across
the world which kick-starts The Long Walk to Justice that calls
on the leaders of the world’s richest countries to act when
they meet in Gleneagles on 6th-9th July. On July 2nd in London,
Washington, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, Barrie, Johannesburg, Moscow,
Dublin and Rome millions will be coming together to call for complete
debt cancellation, more and better aid and trade justice for the
world’s poorest people.
The
G8 brings together the leaders of the worlds most powerful countries
– the USA, Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy,
Japan and Russia. This year they meet from 6th – 9th July
in Gleneagles with Britain’s Prime Minister, Tony Blair
hosting the summit.Tony Blair has put the challenges faced in
Africa on the top of the agenda – but the leaders need to
know when they sit down that the world is watching them and waiting
for them to deliver.
As
the leaders fly into Gleneagles on the evening of Wednesday 6th
July, a very special event at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium
will signal the end of the Long Walk To Justice and the beginning
of the G8 Summit
LIVE
8 is calling for people across the world to unite in
one call – in 2005 it is your voice we are after, not your
money.
Text extract from Live
8 official site
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Annie
performed at London concert - Hyde
Park - on
2nd July.
She'll perform at Edinburgh concert - Murrayfield
stadium - on
6th July, |