BONO SLAMS G8 PLEDGE
Campaigning rocker BONO has blasted the G8’s pledge to spend $60 billion (£30 billion) on the fight against Aids, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa insisting only a fraction of that sum will be spent.
The leaders of the G8 nations made the vow at the summit in Germany today (08Jun07) - revealing half the amount would be provided by the U.S.
But Bono and anti-poverty campaigners believe only $3 billion (£1.5 billion) will be new money - and that the G8 aren’t doing all they can to alleviate third world suffering.
He says, "I think it is deliberately the language of obfuscation. It is deliberately misleading."
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