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 | | Madonna, Coldplay, Elton John, Mariah Carey and other superstars performed at Bob Geldof's globally televised Live 8 concert to urge the world's wealthiest nations meeting this week at the G-8 talks hosted by Blair in Gleneagles, Scotland, to double their aid to Africa. |
 | | At the same time, Col. Ghadafi, hosting a semiannual meeting of the African Union's 53 member governments in Libya, urged his fellow African leaders to come together, solve their own problems and stop "begging" for outside aid. |
 | | Ghadafi's longstanding opposition to Western involvement of any kind in the continent, his comments express an extreme answer to a question many ask: At a time when the wealthy nations are remarkably united in their desire to help Africa, what's the best way to do it? |
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