Africa takes center stage as G8 kicks off summit
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080707/2008_07_05t100225_450x289_us_g8.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=lQICcjtdzwtU2fYgHgsDIg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Riot police officers holding shields stand guard during a demonstration in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido ahead of next week's G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080707/ts_nm/g8_dc)Reuters - The Group of Eight rich nations
will seek to convince a skeptical Africa on Monday that it is
living up to promises to double aid to the world's poorest
continent.</p><br clear="all"/>
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