G8 leaders face growing pre-summit pressure on Africa, global warming

Pressure mounted Sunday on the world's most powerful men to end poverty in Africa after an unprecedented global wave of star-studded concerts as well as a mass rally in Scotland that heralded yet more to come. Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial countries were also facing pressure to fight global warming and boost chances for resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict during their summit in Scotland this week.

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Indian troops rescue 350 children trapped by flood

Troops in motorboats rescued around 350 children from the first floor of their school hostel after it was surrounded by floodwaters in India's Gujarat state, where at least 123 people have died in monsoon flooding. Soldiers and police snatched the students from the first floor after the ground floor of the building was submerged in Harup village, 75 km (45 miles) south of Gujarat's main city of Ahmedabad, witnesses and officials said.

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