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German G-8 Summit Protests Turn Violent, Police And Demonstrators Clash On Eve Of Meeting By G-8 Nations' Leaders
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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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)
The event was billed as a kickoff to a series of protests leading to the Group of Eight meeting starting Wednesday in the nearby coastal resort of Heiligendamm. (article 2)
Demonstrators criticized the United States, Germany, and other nations over the Iraq war, global warming, exploiting Third World labor, and failing to stop the spread of AIDS or relieve African nations of their huge debts. (article 2)
It was an unruly start to what is expected to be a week of rallies against the three-day G-8 summit beginning Wednesday in the fenced-off coastal resort of Heiligendamm, 14 miles from Rostock. (article 1)
In Rostock, the officially permitted demonstration began peacefully Saturday with two groups of marchers gathering at the waterfront. (article 1)
In 1999, 50,000 protesters shut down WTO sessions in Seattle as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. (article 1)
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- 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)
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