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Campaigners air their feelings to G8



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MEMBERS of international relief group Oxfam dressed as G8 leaders this morning to make a point about the amount of carbon their countries emit ever year, as part of a demonstration in Sapporo, Japan.
At the nearby G8 summit in Toyako, world leaders agreed to set a global target of cutting carbon emissions by at least 50 per cent by 2050.

Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who is hosting a summit of the Group of Eight industrialised nations, announced the deal after all-night negotiations.

The leaders have also expressed serious concerns about the threat posed to the economy by soaring oil prices.





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  • Last Updated: 08 July 2008 11:18 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Environment
 
1

Alternative (High-Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 08/07/2008 12:13:08
It's a pity they can't concentrate on something more important than all this mythincal "climate change" b0ll0x.
2

hertscot,

Gimme Back My Rights 08/07/2008 13:28:29
Lucky they didn't demonstrate here, they would have been arrested as terrorists.
3

Cynicaltalk,

08/07/2008 16:23:42
#2

Probably not to be honest. Remember the carnage these unwashed tubes brought to Edinburgh in 2005?

No terrorist related arrests during that. But i do seem to remember that 4 people blew themselves up in London that very same week and killed 52 innocent people.

But that fact must conveniently 'escape' you when you whinge about human rights and liberties. You have your liberties and i'll take the 42 days thank you very much. We can then see who is killed first.

 

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