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27.07.2005 The London bomb blasts give still more impact to Talking to Terrorists at the Royal Court Theatre, reports Daniel Nelson.
It is a powerful piece of documentary theatre – scripted from interviews with real people – the title of which comes from the mouth of the Mo Mowlem character: “Talking to terrorists is the only way to beat them."

26.07.2005 Were the G8's promises on climate change hot air? Watch the webcast of a discussion with Charlie Kronick, chief policy advisor for Greenpeace, and the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King.

26.07.2005 Swimming, barbecue, music - an all-day pool party to raise money for the Kurdish Human Rights Project, London, 13 August.

25.07.2005 More than 200,000 people were killed when "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and in a second nuclear attack on Nagasaki three days later: tens of thousands have died since from the effects of radiation. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament commemorates these cataclysmic events with four films on a nuclear theme and a debate, 31 July, London.
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25.07.2005 Were the G8's promises on climate change hot air? Greenpeace's chief policy advisor, Charlie Kronick, and the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, discuss the issue in London, 26 July. Dana Centre
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21.07.2005 The expected presence of some anti-capitalist groups is expected to liven up a debate on Money & Power: the future of the City that takes place at "the world’s oldest free-speech and debating forum", London, 25 July.

18.07.2005 French journalist Jean Hatzfeld and Lt General Romeo Dallaire, former head of the UN Peacekeeping forces in Rwanda and author of Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, will discuss their experiences of the genocide 11 years ago. Foyles Bookshop, London, 30 August. Call 0870 420 2777 to reserve. Ticket sales will be donated to Survivors Fund.

17.07.2005 To mark the 60th anniversary of the dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, US historians will discuss evidence that the conventional justification given for the blast - to bring a quick end to World War II - does not stand up to scrutiny. Royal Institution, London, 21 July.

10.07.2005 To mark the launch of the Global Health Watch report for 2005/06 - which articulates civil society’s vision for global health - a panel will discuss the need for an alternative world health report, London, 20 July.

04.07.2005 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will challenge world leaders to tackle global poverty when he speaks at St Paul’s Cathedral before travelling to Gleneagles for the G8 summit, London, 6 July.

03.07.2005 G8 countries account for 65% of global climate changing emissions. Join people across Scotland and the world, Thursday 7 July at 1.45pm, to sound warning bells at the G8 reminding them that time is running out.

03.07.2005 Ordinary Africans send their messages to the G8 leaders in a series of eight short films by TVE, on Channel 4, 4-8 July at 7.55pm.