SYRIA CRISIS APPEAL

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Oxfam's G8 'Big Heads' arrive in Northern Ireland. Photo: Jonathan Porter/Oxfam

During the two days of the G8 Summit, which starts today, $2.2 billion in illicit flows will have hemorrhaged from developing countries into tax havens and land one and a half times the size of Manhattan sold off to foreign investors.

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Sending more arms to Syria will only increase the bloodshed, says Oxfam

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Oxfam Big Heads: G8 arrives in Northern Ireland. Photo: Oxfam

Since 2000, companies in G8 countries have acquired land in developing countries more than the size of the whole of Ireland. This is enough to feed 96 million people every year – almost the total population of the UK and Canada.

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As the Camp David G8 Summit winds down, international agency Oxfam criticized G8 leaders for failing to renew measurable funding and policy commitments to help address global food security.

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