Celebrities Call G8 Delays in Aid "A Disgrace"

Oxfam's "Celebrity Ambassadors" have presented an open letter to the leaders of the G8 countries at their summit in Japan, urging them to address climate change and the global food crisis. The letter calls the delays in fulfilling the G8's 2005 promise to increase aid by $50 billion by 2010 "a disgrace." Celebrities who have signed the letter include Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Kristin Davis, Minnie Driver, Gael Garcia Bernal and Annie Lennox.

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• Sign the Avaaz.org petition to Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda and G8 leaders to take action on climate change
• Sign the Oxfam petition to G8, UN and EU leaders to mobilize emergency funds to stop the global food crisis

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