Leaders face mixed prospects at G-8 summit in Scotland
Activists press for Africa poverty relief as Gordon Brown cautions that relief cannot be bought with a stroke of a pen. Geldof energized protests at Gleneagles with Tom Blair urging action on Africa and climate, while Bush resists big aid increases and rapid climate measures.
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Olympics bids rekindle age-old Britain France feud
Paris and London vie for the 2012 Summer Games as rivalry flares. British papers attack Jacques Chirac over remarks on British food and mad cow disease, while France Soir counters with cartoons about Britons’ grouchiness. Still, IOC to name host city amid Paris and London as frontrunners.
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Bush thanks Denmark on Iraq troop support visit
President Bush visits Copenhagen en route to Scotland to thank Denmark for sending troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. He meets Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as Trans Atlantic relations top the agenda in talks.
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