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German G-8 Summit Protests Turn Violent, Police And Demonstrators Clash On Eve Of Meeting By G-8 Nations' Leaders
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Environment Minister John Baird arrived late Sunday in Europe to attend two world gatherings, including the Group of Eight summit of industrialized nations in Heiligendamm, Germany. (article 3)
The first order of business for the prime minister, who was accompanied by his wife Laureen, is a Canada-European Union summit in Berlin on Monday. (article 3)
On Tuesday, Harper will be in Paris for discussions with France's new president , Nicolas Sarkozy, and with French Prime Minister François Fillon. (article 3)
Violent protests in Rostock over the weekend have left at least 400 police officers and 520 demonstrators injured, officials say. (article 3)
ROSTOCK, Germany Violence erupted yesterday in this port city as radicals wearing hoods and bandanas broke from a peaceful antiglobalization protest and attacked police with sticks, bottles, and Molotov cocktails ahead of this week's summit of leading industrialized nations. (article 2)
About 14,000 police officers lined the streets and harbor, helicopters skimmed overhead, and boats patrolled the waters in one of Germany's tightest security operations since the end of the Cold War. (article 2)
Rocks, bottles and sticks have been hurled at riot police, who are using tear gas and batons charges to try to disperse the hundreds of rioters. (article 4)
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Police, protesters, Rostock, summit, demonstrators |
Source articles
- German G-8 Summit Protests Turn Violent, Police And Demonstrators Clash On Eve Of Meeting By G-8 Nations' Leaders (CBS News, 06/02/2007, 788 words)
- German police battle G-8 protesters (boston.com, 06/03/2007, 719 words)
- Harper lands in Germany as G8 summit approaches (cbc.ca, 06/03/2007, 330 words)
- Riots break out at German rally (BBC News, 06/02/2007, 590 words)
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