dominica2day: G-8 summit draws grab-bag of activists, causes

G-8 summit draws grab-bag of activists, causes
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World News on 05 July, 2008 05:00:00
 
JOSEPH COLEMAN The Associated Press RUSUTSU, Japan - Battling maternal
mortality, demanding clean water and urging the destruction of capitalism might
not seem to have much in common , unless you're at a summit of the world's top
industrialized nations. The Group of Eight annual meetings draw a hodgepodge of
activists and causes from around the world, all in hopes of some media exposure
and possibly some action by the world's richest and most powerful countries.
This year's gathering in Toyako, northern Japan, is no exception. The list of
demands activists are making on summiteers is seemingly endless: ban cluster
bombs, stop global warming, end poverty, outlaw war , even abolish
themselves....