Timeline Friday 8 July 2005

Events on Friday 8 July 2005 1

• 2005 G8 Gleneagles summit World leaders meet in Scotland amid Africa aid campaign Leaders of the G8 nations met at Gleneagles, Scotland, from 6 to 8 July 2005, agreeing to double aid to Africa and cancel debt for the world's poorest countries. The summit was overshadowed by the London bombings on its second day. It followed months of public campaigning under the Make Poverty History banner.