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World Silvio Berlusconi, Barack Obama, Jose Manuel Barroso, Angela Merkel, and Nicolas Sarkozy at the 36th G8 summit
G8: Is It Really Worth Bugging?

To some it looks like a throwback to another era – a Western-dominated economic club keen to ensure that “they’re all right Jack”. But in a world of BRICS, shifting political alliances and global financial uncertainty, hasn’t the G8 had its day?

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Syria: Conflict Overshadows G8 Summit

President Obama’s decision to start arming the Syrian rebels, and Russia continued involvement in selling arms to the Assad regime, has meant that the ongoing conflict in Syria is the major theme for discussion at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland