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Will the G8 summit lead to actions?

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Published 12 July, 2009, 10:00

As the G8 leaders met this week to try and solve the world’s biggest problems, many critics of the summits have branded them mere talking shops that achieve little.

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New York-based journalist Lori Harfenist asks what the people on the streets would like the powerful to talk about and whether they think it leads to action.

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