EARTH SUMMIT 2002: POOR SHOW; As 65,000 civil servants try to agree on how to beat poverty, summit is branded a waste of time.(News) From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: August 27, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: OONAGH BLACKMAN, Deputy Political Editor

THE Earth Summit began in Johannesburg yesterday amid controversy about its huge cost and doubts about its end result.

South African President Thabo Mbeki called for an end to the global apartheid dividing rich and poor nations.

Mr Mbeki told thousands of delegates the time had come to end a world order based on the "savage principle" of the survival of the fittest.

He said: "A global huma...

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