Sat, Jun 29, 2002 - Page 1 News List

Africa loses out to `dirty bombs' at G8

REUTERS , CALGARY, CANADA

The only casualty was a Kananaskis bear, shot by a sharpshooter when it got too close to the proceedings.

Back inside the security zone, leaders outlined a vision for the Middle East, accompanied by reformed Palestinian institutions and secure borders for Israel and Palestine.

But they stopped short of backing US proposals that make Palestinian statehood dependent on a new leadership that is not tarnished with terrorist ties.

They mulled the state of the world economy and concluded that things were looking up, despite jittery markets as another accounting scandal emerged in the US.

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