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Thousand people gather to protest against G8 summit More than one thousand people gathered in a park in central Sapporo on Saturday afternoon to protest against the meeting and later, as protesters rallied through the city streets, Japanese police arrested four people. Surging food and oil prices, inflation and a credit crunch that has depressed global economic growth have left leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers facing a grave combination of economic woes ahead of an annual summit next week. More than one thousand people gathered in a park in central Sapporo on Saturday afternoon to protest against the meeting and later, as protesters rallied through the city streets, Japanese police arrested four people. The crowd sported placards and banners with anti G-8 messages a few days before world leaders arrive to... [read full story]
