By Scott Stearns US President George Bush says he will use next week's meeting of the world's leading industrialized nations to urge fellow leaders to honor

Washington, DC (AHN) - Speaking about the last G8 summit before the end of his term, President George Bush said he would ask the world's richest nations to continue their efforts to help developing nations in Africa as well as their support for U.S.-led wars in the Middle East.
"We need to show the world that the G8 can be accountable for its promises and deliver results... we need people who not only make promises, but write checks, for the sake of human rights and human dignity, and for the sake of peace," the President said from the White House, according to an official transcript.
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WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to approve funds to fight AIDS in Africa and other countries, and said the issue was high on his agenda for a Group of Eight summit in Japan next week.
Members of the U.S. Senate sought last week to pass legislation to more than triple funds to fight AIDS, but some Republicans vowed to block it because of its cost.
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