Round-up of mainstream G8 "reporting"!
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A RIPE ROUND-UP OF CORPORATE PRESS “REPORTING” AND AHEM... ”ANALYSIS”.
Tue June 3
Riots mark end of G8 summit
Violence raged on the streets of the Swiss city for a third night as world leaders left the nearby town of Evian in France.
Heavily armed Swiss police used teargas, rubber pellets and water cannons to disperse the demonstrators who staged a sit-in after refusing to be searched by police as they entered the city.
http://www.itv.com/news/1317349.html
Editorial: Protests at G-8 Summit
Yet again, a G-8 summit has been in the news not because of what the politicians attending have done but because of violent protests by anti-capitalist demonstrators. Ever since the WTO fiasco in Seattle in 1999, it seems that no major international economic gathering is without a group of anarchic, anti-capitalist protesters.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=0§ion=7&article=26947&d=3&m=6&y=2003
Riot squads and demonstrators clash at G8
Riot squads and anti-G8 demonstrators clashed for a second night in central Geneva on Monday night.
The battle ended another day of mainly peaceful protests during which city authorities began a massive clear-up operation after Sunday night's violent demonstrations, and pressure grew for France to compensate the Swiss for damage running into millions of dollars
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1054416354801
Many Swiss Upset Over Violent Protests by Anti-Evian Summit Demonstrators
As industrialized country leaders continue to meet in Evian, France, Monday, Switzerland is still reeling from the violence of anti G-8 demonstrations.
The glass storefront of Migros supermarket in downtown Lausanne is still shuttered, a day after rioting youths broke into the store. But signs pasted outside inform shoppers Migros is open for business.
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=B221292E-4410-443C-91519270AD15AC1D
Clouds obscure the point of the summit
"Is your journey really necessary?" asked energy-saving campaign posters half a century ago. Today it is a question that should be put to the participants at Group of Eight summits. This week's gathering in Evian has highlighted, better than ever before, the obtrusively redundant nature of the media extravaganzas that go by the innocuous name of G8 meetings.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1054416356849&p=1012571727108
G8 Confident of Recovery, Protests Flare
Tue June 3, 2003 05:30 AM ET
EVIAN, France (Reuters) - The world's leading industrial powers voiced confidence on Tuesday in an economic recovery, as the anticlimactic end of their annual summit was marred by a third night of violent anti-capitalist protests.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2867571
G-8 Leaders Pledge Unity on Iraq, Nukes
Tuesday June 3, 2003 10:29 AM
EVIAN, France (AP) - World leaders closed out their annual summit Tuesday by pledging to rebuild Iraq and combat the threat of nuclear weapons in Iran and North Korea.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2745312,00.html
Geneva Wracked by More Violent Protests
Tuesday June 3, 2003 10:49 AM
GENEVA (AP) - Hundreds of riot police with water cannons battled about 1,000 anti-G-8 protesters at Geneva's main Mont Blanc bridge as a third night of violence shredded the city's peaceful image.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2745373,00.html
Swiss police investigate Briton's injury
An official investigation has been launched in Switzerland after a British protester was seriously injured during clashes with police at the G8 summit.
Martin Shaw, from Ealing, west London, is being treated for multiple fractures after falling from a bridge near Lausanne when a rope supporting him was cut by police.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=411910
Bland final declaration ignores global problems
The governments responsible for half of the economy of the planet will issue a statement today telling people to forget fears of a global recession or deflation.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=411914
Protests as G8 winds down
EVIAN, France (Reuters) - Violent protests against a Group of Eight summit have flared up again as the main industrial powers wound
down their three-day meeting following the departure of U.S. President George W. Bush.
Several thousand demonstrators blocked Geneva's main bridge over the Rhone river on Tuesday and clashed with police for the third night
running, despite the fact most anti-G8 activists had left the area after large weekend protests. Two dozen were arrested.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=3898894
Swiss street battles as anarchists with time on their hands move in.
Summit diary by Philip Delves Broughton
Forget the agonised Bush-Chirac-Blair triangle. The real anti-French feeling at the G8 summit came from the Swiss. By staging the summit on the banks of Lake Leman, President Jacques Chirac displaced scores of hooligan anarchists on to the pristine streets of Lausanne and Geneva.
http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/06/03/wevian203.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/06/03/ixnewstop.html
Mon June 02
Britons injured in G8 protests
Two Britons were in hospital today recovering from injuries suffered during clashes with police during the protests at the G8 gathering of world leaders in Evian, France.
http://www.femail.co.uk/pages/standard/article.html?in_article_id=183041&in_page_id=2
Anarchists' violence mars peaceful protests
The well-meaning young man in smart clothes shouted angrily at the hooded French anarchists spray-painting "smash capitalism" on someone's garage door.
The same gang had just vandalised a petrol station a little further down the street. (If you are going to smash capitalism, why not start with someone's small business?) "We are here to protest peacefully. Why do you do this?" the courageous young man demanded.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=411545
Britons injured in G8 protests
Two Britons have been injured in separate G8 protests in Switzerland.
Martin Shaw, a veteran protester from Ealing, west London, suffered multiple fractures after falling from a bridge in Lausanne.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2954964.stm
Protesters rampage in Geneva
Police have used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons against anti-globalisation protesters in Swiss and French cities near Evian where the Group of Eight (G8) summit is being held.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2954190.stm
Geneva starts clear up as G8 protests go on
Police fired rubber bullets and water cannon at rock-throwing demonstrators in Geneva as
protests against the nearby summit of the Group of Eight leading industrial states turned violent for the third successive night.
Earlier, the authorities in Geneva began a massive clear up in the city centre following protests on Sunday night, as pressure grew for France to compensate the Swiss for damage running into millions of dollars.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1054416344125
Protesters, Police Stand Off in Geneva
GENEVA (AP) - Anti-globalization protesters snarled rush-hour traffic in central Geneva, packing onto the city's main bridge where they were surrounded Monday evening by rows of riot police in a tense standoff.
Swiss police were looking for ``Black Bloc'' protesters - youths who cover their faces with black ski masks and allegedly spark violence with police - said to be among the crowd.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2743490,00.html
Anti-capitalist protesters wonder where to go next
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 2 (Reuters) - The anti-globalisation movement, a regular if uninvited guest at world economic conferences, is wondering which way to go after its disappointing show at the Group of Eight summit in Evian.
http://www.forbes.com/home_europe/newswire/2003/06/02/rtr988059.html
G-8 riot leaders elude police
ANNEMASSE, France -- The so-called "Black Bloc" anti-globalization protesters blamed for most of the violence surrounding the G-8 summit in France have eluded police so far, Swiss authorities said Monday
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/06/02/summit.protests/
Sun June 01
'Why I'm protesting against G8'
Chris Blake is one of thousands of activists who have come to demonstrate as world leaders meet in Evian.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/dorset/2953710.stm
CPRPORATE PHOTO GALLERY:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/2953932.stm
100,000 condemn G-8 Summit
EVIAN, France, June 1.— Close to 100,000 people are protesting against the G-8 Summit – which started today – in demonstrations that began in Switzerland and France and converged on the border between the two countries.
The demonstration was mostly made up of people from France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany carrying placards demanding the cancellation of the poorest nations’ external debt, condemning the war in Iraq and the "G-8 gentlemen."
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/junio03/lun2/22repud.html
Tear gas, rubber pellets fired at G8 protests
Anti-riot agents have fired volleys of tear gas and rubber pellets at anti-globalisation demonstrators.
Thousands of protesters clashed with police near the Group of Eight summit in Evian, France and in Switzerland today, blocking roads and bridges and setting fire to barricades. http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=71361774&p=7y36z48x
Violent Anti-G8 Protests Hit Swiss Cities
LAUSANNE/GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) - Anarchists and anti-capitalists rampaged through the plush streets of Geneva and Lausanne Sunday, smashing shops and looting businesses as world leaders met beyond their reach in France.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2858101
Tue June 3
Riots mark end of G8 summit
Violence raged on the streets of the Swiss city for a third night as world leaders left the nearby town of Evian in France.
Heavily armed Swiss police used teargas, rubber pellets and water cannons to disperse the demonstrators who staged a sit-in after refusing to be searched by police as they entered the city.
http://www.itv.com/news/1317349.html Editorial: Protests at G-8 Summit
Yet again, a G-8 summit has been in the news not because of what the politicians attending have done but because of violent protests by anti-capitalist demonstrators. Ever since the WTO fiasco in Seattle in 1999, it seems that no major international economic gathering is without a group of anarchic, anti-capitalist protesters.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=0§ion=7&article=26947&d=3&m=6&y=2003 Riot squads and demonstrators clash at G8
Riot squads and anti-G8 demonstrators clashed for a second night in central Geneva on Monday night.
The battle ended another day of mainly peaceful protests during which city authorities began a massive clear-up operation after Sunday night's violent demonstrations, and pressure grew for France to compensate the Swiss for damage running into millions of dollars
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1054416354801 Many Swiss Upset Over Violent Protests by Anti-Evian Summit Demonstrators
As industrialized country leaders continue to meet in Evian, France, Monday, Switzerland is still reeling from the violence of anti G-8 demonstrations.
The glass storefront of Migros supermarket in downtown Lausanne is still shuttered, a day after rioting youths broke into the store. But signs pasted outside inform shoppers Migros is open for business.
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=B221292E-4410-443C-91519270AD15AC1D Clouds obscure the point of the summit
"Is your journey really necessary?" asked energy-saving campaign posters half a century ago. Today it is a question that should be put to the participants at Group of Eight summits. This week's gathering in Evian has highlighted, better than ever before, the obtrusively redundant nature of the media extravaganzas that go by the innocuous name of G8 meetings.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1054416356849&p=1012571727108 G8 Confident of Recovery, Protests Flare
Tue June 3, 2003 05:30 AM ET
EVIAN, France (Reuters) - The world's leading industrial powers voiced confidence on Tuesday in an economic recovery, as the anticlimactic end of their annual summit was marred by a third night of violent anti-capitalist protests.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2867571 G-8 Leaders Pledge Unity on Iraq, Nukes
Tuesday June 3, 2003 10:29 AM
EVIAN, France (AP) - World leaders closed out their annual summit Tuesday by pledging to rebuild Iraq and combat the threat of nuclear weapons in Iran and North Korea.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2745312,00.html Geneva Wracked by More Violent Protests
Tuesday June 3, 2003 10:49 AM
GENEVA (AP) - Hundreds of riot police with water cannons battled about 1,000 anti-G-8 protesters at Geneva's main Mont Blanc bridge as a third night of violence shredded the city's peaceful image.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2745373,00.html Swiss police investigate Briton's injury
An official investigation has been launched in Switzerland after a British protester was seriously injured during clashes with police at the G8 summit.
Martin Shaw, from Ealing, west London, is being treated for multiple fractures after falling from a bridge near Lausanne when a rope supporting him was cut by police.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=411910 Bland final declaration ignores global problems
The governments responsible for half of the economy of the planet will issue a statement today telling people to forget fears of a global recession or deflation.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=411914 Protests as G8 winds down
EVIAN, France (Reuters) - Violent protests against a Group of Eight summit have flared up again as the main industrial powers wound
down their three-day meeting following the departure of U.S. President George W. Bush.
Several thousand demonstrators blocked Geneva's main bridge over the Rhone river on Tuesday and clashed with police for the third night
running, despite the fact most anti-G8 activists had left the area after large weekend protests. Two dozen were arrested.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=3898894 Swiss street battles as anarchists with time on their hands move in.
Summit diary by Philip Delves Broughton
Forget the agonised Bush-Chirac-Blair triangle. The real anti-French feeling at the G8 summit came from the Swiss. By staging the summit on the banks of Lake Leman, President Jacques Chirac displaced scores of hooligan anarchists on to the pristine streets of Lausanne and Geneva.
http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/06/03/wevian203.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/06/03/ixnewstop.html Mon June 02
Britons injured in G8 protests
Two Britons were in hospital today recovering from injuries suffered during clashes with police during the protests at the G8 gathering of world leaders in Evian, France.
http://www.femail.co.uk/pages/standard/article.html?in_article_id=183041&in_page_id=2 Anarchists' violence mars peaceful protests
The well-meaning young man in smart clothes shouted angrily at the hooded French anarchists spray-painting "smash capitalism" on someone's garage door.
The same gang had just vandalised a petrol station a little further down the street. (If you are going to smash capitalism, why not start with someone's small business?) "We are here to protest peacefully. Why do you do this?" the courageous young man demanded.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=411545 Britons injured in G8 protests
Two Britons have been injured in separate G8 protests in Switzerland.
Martin Shaw, a veteran protester from Ealing, west London, suffered multiple fractures after falling from a bridge in Lausanne.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2954964.stm Protesters rampage in Geneva
Police have used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons against anti-globalisation protesters in Swiss and French cities near Evian where the Group of Eight (G8) summit is being held.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2954190.stm Geneva starts clear up as G8 protests go on
Police fired rubber bullets and water cannon at rock-throwing demonstrators in Geneva as
protests against the nearby summit of the Group of Eight leading industrial states turned violent for the third successive night.
Earlier, the authorities in Geneva began a massive clear up in the city centre following protests on Sunday night, as pressure grew for France to compensate the Swiss for damage running into millions of dollars.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1054416344125 Protesters, Police Stand Off in Geneva
GENEVA (AP) - Anti-globalization protesters snarled rush-hour traffic in central Geneva, packing onto the city's main bridge where they were surrounded Monday evening by rows of riot police in a tense standoff.
Swiss police were looking for ``Black Bloc'' protesters - youths who cover their faces with black ski masks and allegedly spark violence with police - said to be among the crowd.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2743490,00.html Anti-capitalist protesters wonder where to go next
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 2 (Reuters) - The anti-globalisation movement, a regular if uninvited guest at world economic conferences, is wondering which way to go after its disappointing show at the Group of Eight summit in Evian.
http://www.forbes.com/home_europe/newswire/2003/06/02/rtr988059.html G-8 riot leaders elude police
ANNEMASSE, France -- The so-called "Black Bloc" anti-globalization protesters blamed for most of the violence surrounding the G-8 summit in France have eluded police so far, Swiss authorities said Monday
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/06/02/summit.protests/ Sun June 01
'Why I'm protesting against G8'
Chris Blake is one of thousands of activists who have come to demonstrate as world leaders meet in Evian.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/dorset/2953710.stm CPRPORATE PHOTO GALLERY:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/2953932.stm 100,000 condemn G-8 Summit
EVIAN, France, June 1.— Close to 100,000 people are protesting against the G-8 Summit – which started today – in demonstrations that began in Switzerland and France and converged on the border between the two countries.
The demonstration was mostly made up of people from France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany carrying placards demanding the cancellation of the poorest nations’ external debt, condemning the war in Iraq and the "G-8 gentlemen."
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/junio03/lun2/22repud.html Tear gas, rubber pellets fired at G8 protests
Anti-riot agents have fired volleys of tear gas and rubber pellets at anti-globalisation demonstrators.
Thousands of protesters clashed with police near the Group of Eight summit in Evian, France and in Switzerland today, blocking roads and bridges and setting fire to barricades.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=71361774&p=7y36z48x Violent Anti-G8 Protests Hit Swiss Cities
LAUSANNE/GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) - Anarchists and anti-capitalists rampaged through the plush streets of Geneva and Lausanne Sunday, smashing shops and looting businesses as world leaders met beyond their reach in France.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2858101
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