Four people have been arrested during a demonstration against the Group of Eight summit in Japan.
Amongst those detained was a cameraman for the Reuters international news agency. Thousands of protesters are in the northern city of Sapporo, the closest major city to the lakeside resort of Toyako as the leaders of the top eight industrialised nations make their way to Japan. German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned in a pre-summit statement that rising food prices and shortages could cause international insecurity. She also said that the G-8 countries had to underscore their intent to keep Merkel: Food crisis could lead to global insecurity ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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