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7月6日，八國集團首腦齊集英國，在蘇格蘭享有“鷹谷”之譽的格倫伊格爾斯莊園就非洲發展和全球氣候變暖問題這兩大議題展開討價還價。本次峰會除美、加、英、法、德、意、日、俄八國首腦參加外，還邀請了中國、印度、巴西、墨西哥和南非五個發展中國家的首腦。在會場外，穿黑衣蒙面的抗議者以暴力方式展示反對八國峰會的立場。外電報道如下：World leaders on Wednesday weighed a huge aid package for Africa and new plans for tackling global warming as Iraq war allies President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair found themselves advocating rival positions.
Blair, buoyed by the decision to award London the 2012 Olympics, pledged to keep pushing for more aid to combat poverty in Africa and global warming, the two issues he has made the focus of this year's meeting but both goals that are more ambitious than those embraced by Bush.
Police battled thousands of protesters on the outskirts of town as the leaders of the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and Russia gathered for their annual economic summit.
Outskirts表示“市郊，郊外”，例如：We live on the outskirts of the city.（我們住在這個城市的郊區。）
據悉，對于援助非洲問題，經過布萊爾的大力游說，布什上周終于同意援助加倍，到2010年為止，向非洲提供超過860億美元經濟援助。
（中國日報網站編）
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