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| Marillion eWeb Newsletter : An Historic Day |
| After one of the worst day's in recent history for Britain, we need a bit of good news. And this is about as good as it gets. The G8 announced... A doubling of aid which adds 50 billion dollars a year - 25 billion of which is for Africa. |
| The firming up of the historic debt deal which cancels 100 percent of debts to the 14 poorest countries in the world. And a commitment to stopping damaging trade export subsidies in December at the world trade organisation meeting. In real terms it means this... |
| 600,000 people per year will now not die of malaria. |
| 5 million AIDS orphans will be taken off the streets and looked after. |
| 20 million children who have never had the opportunity to go to school will now go to school. |
| By 2010 they hope to have anti-retro viral drugs available for every person with AIDS in Africa. |
| And by 2010, they estimate 10 million people who would have died - of AIDS, of malaria, of polio, of TB - will not now die. |
| The commission for Africa which was the costed plan for Africa, has to a great extent been delivered. No G8 summit has ever done as much for the world's poor. |
| Thank you. You were great. |
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