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Police, protesters clash on G8 opening day

Police cancelled a planned protest march on Wednesday outside the Group of Eight (G8) summit after demonstrators smashed car windows, threw rocks and tried to blockade one of the…

G8: ‘Don’t get your hopes up’

Live 8 organiser Bob Geldof, heading to Scotland on Tuesday, said it would be ”grotesquely irresponsible” for politicians to back down from promises of aid for Africa. But…

G8 ministers discuss debt relief

Finance ministers from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations will try to reach agreement on Friday on a British-American proposal to cancel billions of dollars in debt…

Iran nuclear talks ‘headed for failure’

Sensitive diplomatic talks over Iran’s nuclear programme appear doomed to failure, a leading think-tank said on Tuesday on the eve of crucial negotiations between European…

Who is corrupting Africa?

British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s commission on Africa has come up with a road map to recovery for the continent, but countries must now cooperate and focus on priorities if…

British agents accused of spying on Annan

British intelligence agents spied on United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in the run-up to the Iraq war, a former member of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Cabinet said on…