G8 hope set against evil backdrop

The hope contained in the communiqué issued after the G8 summit yesterday is in stark relief to the devastation and death visited on London by the terrorist bombs.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, flanked by the leaders of the industrialised nations, along with five African heads of state who attended the summit, appropriately described it as having "a pride and a hope and a humanity that can lift the shadow of terrorism".

That murderous shadow was cast over the English capital on Thursday with tragic consequences for more than 50 innocent people and 700 others who were injured.