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| Thousands set for poverty protest | Thousands set for poverty protest |
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| Rock stars Midge Ure and Annie Lennox have given their support to a major demonstration against global poverty. | Rock stars Midge Ure and Annie Lennox have given their support to a major demonstration against global poverty. |
| Organisers of the World Can't Wait event expect 10,000 people to line the River Thames near Parliament ahead of the G8 summit in Germany next week. | Organisers of the World Can't Wait event expect 10,000 people to line the River Thames near Parliament ahead of the G8 summit in Germany next week. |
| Campaigners say leaders have not delivered on promises to tackle poverty made at the G8 meeting of world economic powers at Gleaneagles in 2005. | Campaigners say leaders have not delivered on promises to tackle poverty made at the G8 meeting of world economic powers at Gleaneagles in 2005. |
| Ure described the poverty situation across the world as "obscene". | Ure described the poverty situation across the world as "obscene". |
| Emaciated babies | Emaciated babies |
| The protest has been organised by a coalition of 90 organisations aimed at reminding the G8 nations of what was agreed at Gleneagles. | The protest has been organised by a coalition of 90 organisations aimed at reminding the G8 nations of what was agreed at Gleneagles. |
| I expected to see extreme poverty but I didn't expect to see emaciated babies Midge Ure Huge G8 protest in Germany | I expected to see extreme poverty but I didn't expect to see emaciated babies Midge Ure Huge G8 protest in Germany |
| Ure told BBC News website: "It's a gentle reminder that we are here again two years down the line with commitments that have not been fulfilled." | |
| He added: "I went to Sierra Leone last year. It's one of the poorest countries to be born in. One in four children don't make it to the age of five. | He added: "I went to Sierra Leone last year. It's one of the poorest countries to be born in. One in four children don't make it to the age of five. |
| "There's no free health care. I expected to see extreme poverty but I didn't expect to see emaciated babies. It's obscene." | "There's no free health care. I expected to see extreme poverty but I didn't expect to see emaciated babies. It's obscene." |
| He said he was hopeful that future prime minister Gordon Brown would push forward steps to tackle world poverty. | He said he was hopeful that future prime minister Gordon Brown would push forward steps to tackle world poverty. |
| Live 8 | Live 8 |
| Ure will take part in a debate at the event, and Lennox will address the crowds from a boat on the Thames. | Ure will take part in a debate at the event, and Lennox will address the crowds from a boat on the Thames. |
| In 2005, the G8 pledged $50bn more aid, debt cancellation for up to 42 countries and access to affordable treatment for people with HIV/Aids by 2010. | |
| Bob Geldof organised a number of Live 8 concerts across the world to try to get the G8 to take action on poverty. | Bob Geldof organised a number of Live 8 concerts across the world to try to get the G8 to take action on poverty. |
| Campaigners say rich nations have failed to deliver increased aid and debt cancellation. | Campaigners say rich nations have failed to deliver increased aid and debt cancellation. |