SWITZERALND: ANTI-G8 PROTESTERS CONVERGE ON LAUSANNE AND GENEVA AS WORLD LEADERS MEET IN FRENCH SPA TOWN OF EVIAN

Record ID: 647234

  • Title: SWITZERALND: ANTI-G8 PROTESTERS CONVERGE ON LAUSANNE AND GENEVA AS WORLD LEADERS MEET IN FRENCH SPA TOWN OF EVIAN
  • Date: 1st June 2003
  • Summary: (U3) LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (JUNE 01, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/SLV OF ANTI-GLOBALISATION PROTESTERS SMASHING UP A PETROL STATION (4 SHOTS) 0.26 2. SLV/SV OF ANTI GLOBALISATION PROTESTERS MARCHING THROUGH CITY CENTRE (2 SHOTS) 0.42 3. LV OF CLASH WITH POLICE IN FRONT OF A BIG HOTEL (3 SHOTS) 1.13 4. LV/SV PROTESTERS AND POLICE FIRING TEARGAS (8 SHOTS) 2.21 5. LV/LAS/SLV ARMOURED POLICE CARS MOVE THROUGH PROTESTERS TO TRY TO DISPERSE THEM (7 SHOTS) 3.03 (U3) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (JUNE 01, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 6. GV OF LAKE GENEVA WITH MONT-BLANC BRIDGE, WHICH DIVIDES THE TWO SIDES OF THE CITY 3.08 7. LV OF DEMONSTRATORS BLOCKING THE BRIDGE 3.14 8. SLV DEMONSTRATOR HOLDING A BANNER READING FREE PALESTINE 3.17 9. SV WOMAN WALKING WITH FLAG AROUND SHOULDERS 3.22 10. SV BANNER READING 'STOP IMPERIALISM, NO WAR' 3.26 11. SLV OF DEMONSTRATORS 3.30 12. SLV DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING WITH BANNER 3.34 13. SV MAN PLAYING DRUM 3.40 14. LV/SLV OF DEMONSTRATORS SITTING IN STREET (4 SHOTS) 3.53 15. MCU (English) DEMONSTRATOR SAYING: "I am here because the G8 is meeting here today and the G8 are ruining the world for most of the people that live in the world. They want to create wars, they want to create privatisations, they want to absolutely put the working people of the world down while they make their profits, that's one of the reasons why I'm here." 4.14 16. LV SECURITY IN THE STREET 4.19 17. TV OF DEMONSTRATORS STARTING TO MARCH (2 SHOTS) 4.33 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LAUSANNE / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Reuters ID: LVA1PJ9FOWDB7XZAA7R1WZYEOI3G
  • Story Text: Police have fired teargas in the Swiss town of
    Lausanne after anti-globalisation protesters smashed
    commercial premises, while in Geneva protesters have smashed
    shop windows and destroyed cars.

    Thousands of anti-G8 protesters have converged on the two
    towns to take part in demonstrations coinciding with the start
    of the Group of Eight summit of industrialised countries in
    the neighbouring French spa town of Evian.



    Clashes erupted between anti-globalisation protesters
    and police in the Swiss town of Lausanne on Sunday morning
    (June 1).

    The trouble occurred after a group of about 1,000 largely
    peaceful protesters wound their way through the city to
    protest the G8 summit in Evian across the Swiss border in
    France. At the back of the demonstration a hard core group of
    about 300 protesters started smashing up a petrol station.

    The protesters then confronted police farther on in the
    city centre. Police fired teargas and brought out armoured
    vehicles to disperse the protesters.

    Meanwhile in Geneva, protesters, who aim to disrupt the
    start of the Group of Eight summit later in the day, sat down
    on the Mont-Blanc bridge, which links the two sides of the
    city -- with the airport located in the right side of the lake
    and Evian on the left.

    Many delegates are due to fly into Geneva for the
    three-day summit, bringing together leaders of eight powerful
    developed economies, including U.S. President George W. Bush,
    and specially invited heads of state from developing countries
    in the French lakeside resort of Evian.

    Police patrols will be keeping a close watch on the
    protesters after a group of around 300 smashed shop windows
    and destroyed cars in the Swiss city's centre early on Sunday.

    The march is going to cross Geneva in the direction of the
    border with France. It should end in Annemasse, some 6
    kilometres away. Police put up barricades to prevent
    protesters moving off permitted routes. Army helicopters hover
    overhead.

    The G8 includes Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy,
    Japan, Russia as well as the United States.


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