Live 8 stirs world to ride tidal wave of justice

IT was a day when hope and history rhymed, when, to paraphrase, the-once-in-a-lifetime longed for tidal wave of justice rose. And we all believed in miracles and cures and healing wells.

The momentum born of Live 8 will peak in Gleneagles, Scotland, in two days time when the heads of the world’s eight leading industrial nations gather to deliberate climate change, the world economy and the debt of African nations.

After a weekend of rock stars working to mould the global philanthropic spirit into a force to be reckoned with, the eight heads of state are under increasing public pressure to cancel African debt, scrap trade tarrifs and double financial aid.