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‘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…

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…

G8 leaders strike deal on Africa pledge

World leaders agreed on Friday a -billion pledge to fight HIV/Aids and other killer diseases ravaging Africa. ”The issue is now fixed. The text is agreed,” a diplomat from a…

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…

Protesters stage sea, land assault on G8 summit

Protesters led a two-pronged assault on the Group of Eight (G8) summit on Thursday as boats from Greenpeace intruded into a maritime exclusion zone and protesters tried to block…

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…

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…