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August 2001

Vol.4, No. 7

Contents

The G8 and the Elephant in the Living Room
by Melvin Rhodes

Restoration...A Blueprint for Prosperity
by Darris McNeely

Free Trade Area of the Americas - What Will Happen to Latin America?
by Fred Nance

Dancing With Indecency
by Cecil E. Maranville

Excerpts From Good News Radio: Are We Living in the Time of the End?
by Gary Petty

In Brief... World News Review
by Tom Kirkpatrick, Cecil E. Maranville and L. Jim Tuck

This Is the Way... No Fishin' Allowed in School
by Robin Webber

The G8 and the Elephant in the Living Room

Any potential good that might have come from the recent summit of the world's economic giants was overshadowed by the death of two rioters among approximately 100,000 who gathered in Genoa to protest the talks. Widespread international poverty remains unresolved, and the United States grows increasingly unpopular.

by Melvin Rhodes

It seemed like the '60s all over again! Rioting students demonstrating against global capitalism, rampant anti-Americanism, accusations of excessive use of police force, idealistic demands for reforms of the international economic system and beleaguered and bewildered politicians wondering what all the commotion was about.

In hindsight, residents of the medieval Italian city of Genoa, Italy, wish their city had never played host to the G8 Summit of world leaders over the weekend of July 20 to 22. It's going to take some time and lots of money to clean up now that the party's over. And there will be no further parties on this scale. A Canadian mountain resort has been chosen as the location for next year's summit, which world leaders have agreed will be considerably scaled down.

It's been almost 20 years since these annual meetings began. Progressively they have expanded, with each of the world leaders attending now taking along dozens of aides. This year's summit cost almost half a billion dollars. Other leaders were invited, with many African heads of state in attendance anxious to discuss the continent's serious economic and health problems with the leaders of the seven richest countries in the world. (The eighth nation in attendance is Russia, still potentially powerful militarily, but weak economically.)

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