by Al Ahram Weekly (reposted) Once again rich countries are passing the buck, fumes Gamal Nkrumah Certain summits invite disbelief, and the G8 summit of the world's wealthiest and most industrially advanced countries convened in the Japanese city of Sapporo on the remote, northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido. The inauspicious meeting was dismissed by critics as nothing but a talking shop, even though the Japanese authorities were careful to ensure that anti-globalisation activists were kept at bay. The leaders of the G8 countries met for their annual gathering amid much international rancour and resentment. The pledges by the rich countries to help the world's poorest nations have been systematically disregarded. Social and economic conditions in many of the developing countries of the South have deteriorated to such an...
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