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Mon 06 Jun 2008G8 members cutting African aid target
LEADERS OF the Group of Eight (G8) rich nations are set to backtrack on their landmark pledge at the Gleneagles summit in 2005 to increase development aid to Africa to $25 billion (€15.84 billion) a year.
A draft communique due to be issued at the group's July summit in Hokkaido, Japan, shows leaders will commit to fulfilling "our commitments on [development aid] made at Gleneagles" - but fails to cite the target of $25 billion annually by 2010.
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