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UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive

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the march is going ahead as planned.

06-07-2005 11:01

Confirmed: 11:38 According to G8 Alternatives spokeperson Mike Arnott, the announcement that the march has been cancelled is the result of a unilateral decision by the police. As far as G8 Alternatives is concerned, the march is going ahead as planned.

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M2N: News from the G8 Front Line

06-07-2005 10:55

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Low level policing is over

06-07-2005 10:53

Chief Constable Peter Wilson just released a statement: low level policing outside G8 is now over.

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George Monbiot: ‘Climate change is the most important issue on our agenda’

06-07-2005 10:51

We have so far seen two drafts of the climate agreement that the G8 summit is meant to be coming up with. The first one was disastrous — and the second was even worse.

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Police ban G8 March?

06-07-2005 10:33

The BBC are reporting that the police have ordered the Gleneagles G8 march not to take place today "due to concerns for public safety".

The BBC are also reporting that around 1500 people are ready to march and want to go ahead.

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George Galloway — Battle cry for radical change

06-07-2005 10:13

G8 - They are a gigantic siphon sucking up vast quantities of wealth from the poor — whether they live in the poorest countries or in the G8 states themselves. The G8 is not the solution — it is the problem.

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G8 prisoner support (more info)

06-07-2005 09:57

If you have any more information, please contact the above phone numbers as we and the legal team are still trying to et a definitive list of the names of people who have been remanded.

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harrassment outside IMC

06-07-2005 09:46

police harrass people outside the imc in edinburugh

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Picture of Beacon on Blairdenon Hill

06-07-2005 09:44

The sender gave no brief - see attached photo

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Stop and search - a taste of things to come.

06-07-2005 09:34

Even Joe Public needs a pass now
As protestors drifted away from the Sheraton and the "ordinary public" started to arrive for work, we got a taste of what Britain might be like post the introduction of ID cards.

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Japanese delegates detained

06-07-2005 09:25

A very small group of demonstrators managed to block buses leaving the Sheraton Hotel carrying Japanese delegates to the G8 Summit.

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Early morning at the Sheraton

06-07-2005 09:09

6.30am front
If Scotland's cops want to look a bit slicker, they want to take a few more cabs.

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[G8] Pics from the stirling area blockades early this morning

06-07-2005 08:32

Police stopped the demo and deviated it (near Stirling)
These are the pictures that a coleague took very early this morning.

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Edinburgh blockade a damp squib

06-07-2005 07:37

Blockade of the Sheritan Hotel in Edinburgh never got started.

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Images from Edinburgh gathering

06-07-2005 07:26

Human surveillance
Large police presence outside Sheraton Hotel where Japanese delegates are staying.

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[G8] 35 vans going to exit 9 of M80->A9

06-07-2005 07:24

I just got a call from ppl driving on the M80 heading north towards Stirling (south of Bannockburn) they just found 35 police vans moving south.

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[G8] Blockades still going on in M9 near Stirling

06-07-2005 07:12

A call to the Stirling Camp IMC center informs us that the M9 is still blocked.

The group working there is blocking the road and going into the fields and hiding in the bushes and then coming back.

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Interview to person in M9 blockade

06-07-2005 06:58

We have managed to get an interview to a person who participated in a blockade during the night and the early morning.

He got separated from the group he was with.

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G8 PROTESTERS BLOCK BRIDGE IN CRIEFF

06-07-2005 06:36

At 6am on the first day of the G8 summit protesters successfully blocked the A822 on a bridge at the south of Crieff.

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Glasgow Timeline, Wednesday 6

06-07-2005 04:51

Actions and events in Glasgow.