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/ 11 June 2007

‘We will, we will, block you’

It was billed as the day they would bring the eight most powerful nations to their knees by sitting in the road, but by 9am the idealists, anticapitalists and anarchists had already been forced to take a hike. James Foley (22), a student from Glasgow, Scotland, had risen at 7.15am at the tent city in Rostock to join thousands of anti-G8 demonstrators marching on the luxurious Baltic spa resort of Heiligendamm, where world leaders were gathering.

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/ 8 June 2007

G8 turns attention to Iran and Sudan

The Group of Eight (G8) club of industrialised nations said on Friday it would back ”further measures” against Iran and Sudan if they continued to reject United Nations Security Council demands on both countries. As expected, the members said they regretted the fact that Tehran had ignored three UN Security Council resolutions.

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/ 7 June 2007

UK’s Blair hails G8 climate-change pledge

British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday hailed a pledge to tackle climate change by leaders of the Group of Eight (G8), describing it as a ”major, major step forward”. ”The possibility is here, for the first time, of getting a global deal on climate change with substantial cuts on emissions, with everyone in the deal,” he said.

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/ 6 June 2007

Police injured in clashes with protesters at G8

Anti-capitalist protesters clashed with police on Wednesday, injuring eight, as they tried to blockade routes to a summit of major powers in northern Germany. Police used water cannons to push back demonstrators. Delegates from several Group of Eight (G8) countries said the protests were limiting their ability to move around at the summit venue.

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/ 6 June 2007

Dark days for Putin-Bush friendship at G8 summit

Six years after they first met and United States President George Bush reported gazing into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s soul, the two leaders face some tense talks at the Group of Eight (G8) on Thursday. Bush’s strong personal ties with Putin have been at the heart of US-Russian relations since a summit in Slovenia in June 2001.

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