G-8 defenders tried to depict Genoa protesters as affluent and out of touch, but the anti-globalization movement is wringing aid out of rich nations -- over Bush's shameful objections.
By David Moberg
Wall Street Journal | By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV and HELENE COOPER, Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
GENOA, Italy -- Businesses better brace themselves for some unwanted attention.
GENOA, Italy (CNN) -- A demonstrator has been killed amid clashes in the Italian city of Genoa where the leaders of the world's major industrialised countries are meeting for an annual summit.
More than 100 people, including many from the security services, were wounded and more than 70 people detained. A police officer is critically injured although no details are yet known.
Police Say One Protester Killed in Today's Clashes
Washington Post | By Mike Allen, Washington Post Staff Writer
GENOA, Italy, July 20 - A protester was killed today in the opening hours of the annual summit of the world's richest nations, setting back the effort by organizers to reach out to their critics by making global poverty the focus of the meeting.
Time Magazine
Genoa, Italy, this week will play host to the U.S. President, leaders from around the world and maybe some riots. A TIME investigation into the organizations behind past mayhem
BY ROMESH RATNESAR | July 19, 2001
Farmers Guardian | July 20, 2001
CONCERN is growing in Brussels that the proposed new US Farm Bill could cause severe ramifications at November's World Trade Organisation agricultural talks in Doha, Qatar.
The new Bill, which is progressing through Congress, aims to increase agricultural aid when prices are low, which is likely to encourage additional production.
UPDATER | By Carlos A. Heredia
(Editor's Note: This commentary was originally published in the borderlines UPDATER, an online source of news and analysis on U.S.-Mexico issues produced by the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC). See: http://www.us-mex.org/.)
