- Who Are the Genoa Protesters? (June 21, 2002)
... not to join Saturday's demonstration, the final planned march against the G8 summit in Genoa. Several British organisations, including Oxfam, Christian Ai... - Lockdown on Sea Island: Scenes from the G8 Summit (June 8, 2004)
...xed poster in the window offers a "Warm Southern Welcome to Members of the G8 Summit". But this is unlikely. Bush, Blair et al are safely corralled in the gate... - Blair in Rift With Bush Over Israel (June 26, 2002)
...ith the US over Third World debt and trade tariffs that could dominate the G8 summit that begins today in Canada. Mr Blair tried to play down differences with... - The Battle of Gleneagles (July 11, 2005)
... beginning there was no well-thought-out master plan for shutting down the G8 Summit at Gleneagles. In fact, some of us even dubbed the march we were about to... - Notes on Summits and Counter-Summits (August 1, 2003)
...he new police chief of Trento is Colucci, police chief in Genoa during the G8 summit, a certified pig. He will be managing the summit of foreign ministers of t... - United States - George W. Bush
- Japan - Koizumi Junichiro
- Germany - Gerhard Schroder
- United Kingdom - Tony Blair
- France - Jacques Chirac
- Italy - Silvio Berlusconi
- Canada - Paul Martin
- Russia - Vladimir Putin
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G8
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G-8 work session; July 20-22, 2002.
The Group of Eight (G8) is coalition of eight of the world's leading industrialized nations: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States, (the G6, 1975), Canada (the G7, 1978), and Russia (1998), as well as the European Union. The hallmark of the G8 is an annual economic and political summit of the heads of state with international officials, though there are numerous subsidiary meetings and policy research.
The current G8 leaders are:
The summits are often the focus of anti-globalization movement protests.
On July 20, 2001 the G8 held a summit in Genoa, Italy; see Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest
On July 26, 2002 the G8 began a summit meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
On June 1, 2003 the G8 began a summit meeting in Evian, France.
On June 8, 2004 the G8 begins a summit meeting in Sea Island, Georgia, USA.
See also : World Social Forum
The Group of Eight is also an association of Australia's leading universities.