Word: genoa
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...weeks leading up to Davos-in-New York, the local papers were full of dire warnings that Gotham might see the sort of demonstrations that marred the last two conferences in Davos, as well as disrupting the EU summit in Goteborg and the meeting of the G8 in Genoa last year. That hasn't happened; this has been the quietest WEF I?ve seen in five years...
...Genoa seems so long ago. Yet it was only this summer that the antiglobalization movement, a loose coalition of left-wing activists ranging from hard-core Italian anarchists to strictly nonviolent church types, was among Western leaders' biggest worries. In addition to proving it could shut down any city that hosted a major trade meeting or international summit, the movement was also getting some of its key issues, such as the Tobin Tax on currency trades, into the newspapers and on the international agenda...
TIME: What are the roots of the anger? Moussa: The new world order is not pleasing anybody. There were demonstrations in Seattle, Durban, Genoa, Bangkok. The way things are being done, the policy of double standards, is doing a lot of harm. It is not only the Palestinian issue. Everybody is protesting...
...Genoa, where the G-8 meeting was held, protester Carlo Giuliani was shot in the head by a police officer [WORLD, July 30]. Giuliani should have been arrested, not murdered, by the police. If actions like this are not condemned outright by people and especially the media, they will continue to happen. EDWARD STAFFORD Dallas...
Congratulations are in order for the police officer who successfully defended himself in Genoa. It seems to me that a violent, hooded thug got exactly what he deserved: a trip home in a box. JEFF WRIGHT Chicago...