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G8 Protesters Take to Sapporo Streets in Anticipation of Toyako Summit (Indybay newswire)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:06:51 GMT

Japan - An estimated 3,000 demonstrators protesting the upcoming Group of Eight summit marched through the capital of Hokkaido in northern Japan, flooding the main commercial thoroughfare and pushing back teeming police lines during ongoing clashes.

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NGOs Hold Large Joint Rally In Sapporo Ahead Of G-8 Summit (Nikkei)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:20:12 GMT

NGOs Hold Large Joint Rally In Sapporo Ahead Of G-8 SummitSAPPORO (Kyodo)--Nongovernmental organizations and citizens' groups from Japan and abroad held a joint rally Saturday to call for peace and eliminating growing gaps between the rich and poor, organizers said.

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Suntory May Eclipse Sapporo As No. 3 Brewer In 1st Half (Nikkei)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Suntory May Eclipse Sapporo As No. 3 Brewer In 1st HalfTOKYO (Nikkei)--Suntory Ltd.'s strategy to put off price hikes until the fall appears to have paid off, with the brewer possibly surpassing rival Sapporo Breweries Ltd. as the nation's third-largest beer company in terms of sales in the six months ended Monday.

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Journalist, demonstrators arrested in anti-G8 demo: Japan police (ABS CBN)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:43:22 GMT

SAPPORO, Japan - Four people were arrested as Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda arrived on the northern island of Hokkaido on Sunday to chair a three-day summit of the Group of Eight powers.

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Protesters rally ahead of G8 summit (Pakistan News)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:42:59 GMT

Thousands of activists and farmers from around the world gathered in northern Japan for a major protest ahead of next week’s summit of the G8 nations. Security was tight for the rally, which brought together union activists, anti-war demonstrators, farmers and students in a park in Sapporo, the closest city to the lakeside resort of [...]

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Protesters target G8 (Reuters UK)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:38:43 GMT

SAPPORO/PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands rallied in northern Japan calling for the G8 rich industrialised nations to be disbanded on Saturday while in Paris, member France called for the group to grow to include major emerging states such as China and India.

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Several thousand anti-G8 protesters rally in Japan (OTB News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:26:19 GMT

SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Several thousand people rallied on Saturday on the streets of central Sapporo, Japan, to protest against a Group of Eight summit due to start next week at a luxury hotel a two-hour drive away.

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1,000 protest G-8 summit in Japan; police arrest 4 (OTB News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:16:12 GMT

SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported….

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Several thousand anti-G8 protesters rally in Japan (Boston Globe)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:00:11 GMT

Several thousand people rallied on Saturday on the streets of central Sapporo, Japan, to protest against a Group of Eight summit due to start next week at a luxury hotel a two-hour drive away.

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Several thousand anti-G8 protesters rally in Japan (Reuters)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:59:54 GMT

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1,000 protest G-8 summit in Japan; police arrest 4 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:12:00 GMT

SAPPORO, Japan -- More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported.

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Group of Eight meets amid 'financial disorder' (The Washington Times)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

SAPPORO, Japan | What with surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that has depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.

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Religious leaders in peace call to G8 leaders (Christian Today)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:02:15 GMT

Religious leaders gathered this week in Sapporo northern Japan urged the Group of Eight industrial nations ahead of their summit next week to safeguard peace and security and reinvest military funds in climate protection measures

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G-8 leaders face ominous economic woes this year (The Eagle World)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:01:00 GMT

SAPPORO, Japan (AP) -- Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight ...

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Grim economy shades G-8 summit (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:51:00 GMT

SAPPORO, Japan -- With surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that has depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.

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Space monster attack to upstage worldly woes at G8? (Japan Times)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:31:00 GMT

SAPPORO (Kyodo) A science-fiction movie targeting the Group of Eight summit next week in Toyako, Hokkaido, will debut in the prefecture's theaters Saturday, allowing a beast from outer space to wreak havoc on world leaders. The movie, "Girara no Gyakushu" ("Girara Strikes Back"), is a remake of the 1967 movie "Girara" but with a contemporary parody touch. Read the full story

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Leaders to face worst economic outlook in decade (Japan Times)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:24:00 GMT

SAPPORO (AP) Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week. The outlook has darkened dramatically since last year's summit in Germany, when the leaders declared the global economy was in "good condition"...

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Indigenous people ask G8 for climate talk inclusion (Alertnet)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:16:49 GMT

Source: Reuters By Yoko Kubota SAPPORO, Japan, July 4 (Reuters) - Indigenous communities from around the world urged G8 rich nations on Friday to help them participate in global climate change talks, saying they ...

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G-8 leaders face ominous economic woes this year (Democratic Underground)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:21:46 GMT

Source: [b]AP[/b] SAPPORO, Japan - Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week. The outlook has darkene...

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Japan holds 20 anti-G8 Koreans at airport: activists (OTB News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:20:49 GMT

SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Twenty South Korean activist farmers have been detained by Japanese immigration for over 19 hours and expect to be deported, a spokesman for the group said, in further signs of growing security jitters from the host nation ahead of a G8 summit.

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