Wednesday, 19 June 2013

World Leaders Gather For G8 Summit



David Cameron and US President Barack Obama met school pupils in Northern Ireland today as world leaders continue to arrive for the G8 summit.

Barack Obama, on his first official visit to NI, also addressed a gathering at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, ahead of the G8 summit in County Fermanagh. 
He said Northern Ireland was "part of an island with which tens of millions of Americans share an eternal relationship".
Leaders from some of the world's most powerful countries are gathering at Lough Erne for the two-day summit.
There have been protests in Belfast in the days leading up to the event. 
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions said one billion people were living in "extreme poverty" around the world due to Western capitalism and the policies of the G8 leaders.

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