Few have lived up to the commitments they made to increase aid at the Gleneagles summit in 2005, and some are talking about cutting aid budgets.

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At a recent corporate executive summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, PR company Edelman revealed that social networking shaved 1% off its bottom line by encouraging its staff to use such websites as a recruitment tool.

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Last year, Mr Blair flew back from the G8 Summit in Gleneagles to chair Cobra meetings in the wake of the 7 July bombings - a task initially done by then Home Secretary Charles Clarke.

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In 2002 she became assistant chief constable of Central Scotland Police, and was strategic commander during the G8 Summit at Gleneagles, before becoming Scotland's first female chief constable when she took charge of Fife Constabulary in 2005.

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In parliament, the Socialist group continued to stand up for its beliefs, and, in one of the most lively sessions of first minister's questions, four of their number were banned from Holyrood for a month after marching to the front of the chamber brandishing placards and demanding the right to protest at the 2005 G8 summit, in Gleneagles.

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In July, 2005, a month after arriving at the bank, Wolfowitz attended the annual G8 summit, which took place at the Gleneagles Hotel, the Scottish golf resort.

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Like the pre-election bombings in Madrid's train system last year, those today were timed to capitalize upon and affect a major political event: the G-8 summit meeting being hosted by Britain at Gleneagles, Scotland.

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It will be the first time the annual summit has been held in the United Kingdom since it was at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2005.

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