L’Aquila

The G8 draws to a close

Monday 28 June 2010 by Kathryn Rawe

The G8 summit has now drawn to a close and the Deerhurst resort in Muskoka will be getting back to normal. The world leaders flew back to Toronto by helicopter with Obama and Cameron flying together to start their bilateral meeting. Apparently Cameron and Merkel will be watching the England v Germany World Cup match together tomorrow and the press are invited can’t imagine he’ll look anything other than awkward!

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The G8. But for children.

Wednesday 8 July 2009 by Simon Wright

The G8 meeting opens today and the leaders are travelling to the earthquake-hit town of L’Aquila. Journalists and campaigners are staying instead in the “Mediterranean Village” in Chieti – 90 minutes away, half-built and just vacated by a sports meeting. I had a very refreshing cold shower this morning before setting off.

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