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Bono Leads Celebrity A-list in Capital Protest March
FIONA MACGREGOR
BONO is to lead an A-list cast of celebrity protesters through Edinburgh to mark the start of the G8 summit.
Stars set to join the U2 frontman on the Long Walk to Justice march in the city on 6 July include Claudia Schiffer, Jude Law and Sienna Miller. Bob Geldof has called for a million people to head to Edinburgh for the march.
Bono said yesterday: "I will be in Edinburgh for G8. I want to be a part of it. It's important to be there."
The march is on the same day as the Live 8 concert at Murrayfield stadium, featuring stars such as Travis, Texas and The Proclaimers, but the singer has not confirmed whether he will be on stage.
Earlier that week, some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Brad Pitt and George Clooney, will be in the city to take part in the Make Poverty History march on 2 July. The actors will be joined by singers Natalie Imbruglia and Ronan Keating, supermodel Kate Moss, director Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry.
The full list of celebrities attending the Make Poverty History campaign in Edinburgh has still to be confirmed. But insiders admitted the Live 8 concert at Hyde Park in London had kept some stars from Edinburgh.
A spokesman said: "The London event has affected our preparations. The competition has meant that planners of the Edinburgh march had to raise their game.
"The Hyde Park concert has led to a loss of some names from the Saturday march."
Meanwhile, a leading development charity has attacked the G8 over policies which it says have "harmed" African nations.
ActionAid, which is set to launch its manifesto for change today, accused the G8 group set to meet at Gleneagles from 6-8 July of making "grand statements" while coercing poor countries into pursuing policies which were not in their interests.
Steve Tibbett, head of policy at ActionAid UK, said: "The G8 have made grand statements on Africa for ten years now. In that time, they have continued to frog-march African countries into policies that have harmed them."
--Scotsman.com
FIONA MACGREGOR
BONO is to lead an A-list cast of celebrity protesters through Edinburgh to mark the start of the G8 summit.
Stars set to join the U2 frontman on the Long Walk to Justice march in the city on 6 July include Claudia Schiffer, Jude Law and Sienna Miller. Bob Geldof has called for a million people to head to Edinburgh for the march.
Bono said yesterday: "I will be in Edinburgh for G8. I want to be a part of it. It's important to be there."
The march is on the same day as the Live 8 concert at Murrayfield stadium, featuring stars such as Travis, Texas and The Proclaimers, but the singer has not confirmed whether he will be on stage.
Earlier that week, some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Brad Pitt and George Clooney, will be in the city to take part in the Make Poverty History march on 2 July. The actors will be joined by singers Natalie Imbruglia and Ronan Keating, supermodel Kate Moss, director Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry.
The full list of celebrities attending the Make Poverty History campaign in Edinburgh has still to be confirmed. But insiders admitted the Live 8 concert at Hyde Park in London had kept some stars from Edinburgh.
A spokesman said: "The London event has affected our preparations. The competition has meant that planners of the Edinburgh march had to raise their game.
"The Hyde Park concert has led to a loss of some names from the Saturday march."
Meanwhile, a leading development charity has attacked the G8 over policies which it says have "harmed" African nations.
ActionAid, which is set to launch its manifesto for change today, accused the G8 group set to meet at Gleneagles from 6-8 July of making "grand statements" while coercing poor countries into pursuing policies which were not in their interests.
Steve Tibbett, head of policy at ActionAid UK, said: "The G8 have made grand statements on Africa for ten years now. In that time, they have continued to frog-march African countries into policies that have harmed them."
--Scotsman.com
