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Though mainstream in style and notable for some extended scenes of harrowing, bloody violence, niche play at human-rights festivals is the most likely fate for this overlong, awkwardly-structured peek behind half-forgotten headlines. TV sales are also...
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The film, Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood, which premieres on Sunday at the Berlin film festival – is the first portrayal of the horrific assault by police on activists attending the Genoa G8 summit in 2001 and comes as the Italian government has...
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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2011 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy greet leaders for dinner at the G8 Summit in Deauville May 26, 2011. View Photo »
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We have determined that the focus and priority of federal support for community based, G8 Summit-related projects will include promotional activities for the area, infrastructure and legacy projects.
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35,000 protestors rioted at a World Trade Organization meeting. Tear gas and rubber bullets were used to quell crowds in the downtown “Battle of Seattle.” Two million dollars in damage was done. In Genoa Italy, in 2001 a riot killed one person and...
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Mark Covell was among the 93 activists who were savagely attacked when 300 police burst into the Diaz school building on the night of 21 July 2001. The authorities were looking for activists who had unleashed violent protests in the city earlier that day.
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"They knocked out 16 of my teeth and put me in a coma," the Indymedia reporter recounted. More than 10 years later, he is in Berlin as part of the entourage of hot-button drama "Diaz -- Don't Clean Up This Blood," helmer Daniele Vicari's realistic...
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi take part in the 2010 G8 Summit family photo at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario in this June 25, 2010 file photo. Berlusconi formally resigned on Saturday, ending one... View Photo »
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The 2010 G8 summit in Huntsville ... will likely be subject to actions taken by criminal extremists motivated by a variety of radical ideologies
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Geraldine Ryerson-Cruz, who works for World Vision US in Washington D.C. , spoke out for mothers everywhere- in a very dramatic way. During the G8 summit in Paris, France, she showed up with a baby basket at the Sarkozy residence as the French...
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Second, after the election of Obama, the honeymoon was extremely short. Very early in his presidency, Obama reoriented the attention of the US foreign policy from Europe to Asia. Such strategic move by Obama has affected the relations with his European...
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The Group of Eight (G8) is an international forum for the governments of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The G8 can refer to the member states or to the annual summit meeting of the G8 heads of government. G8 ministers also meet throughout the year, such as the G7/8 finance ministers (who... Full Article
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This file picture taken on July 7, 2009 at Palazzo Chigi, the Prime Ministry in Rome shows Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi giving a press conference on the eve of the opening of a G8 summit. Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, who resigned on November 12, 2011, is a larger-than-life...
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DEAUVILLE, FRANCE - MAY 27: Members of French Republican Guard march at the G8 summit on May 27, 2011 in Deauville, France. The Tunisian Prime Minister, Beji Caid el Sebsi, and Egyptian Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf, are due to meet with G8 leaders today to discuss aid packages as the...
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DEAUVILLE, FRANCE - MAY 26: U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at the G8 summit on May 26, 2011 in Deauville France. Heads of the of the world's wealthiest nations are meeting in Deauville, France, for the G8 summit, and the recent Arab uprisings are set to dominate the agenda.
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DEAUVILLE, FRANCE - MAY 26: British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at the G8 summit on May 26, 2011 in Deauville France. Heads of the of the world's wealthiest nations are meeting in Deauville, France, for the G8 summit, and the recent Arab uprisings are set to dominate the agenda.
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Activists clash with police during a rally against the G8 summit in Genoa 20 July 2001. One male protestor was killed, one young woman demonstrator seriously injured and a police officer 'very seriously injured' during clashes outside the G8 summit here.
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DEAUVILLE, FRANCE - MAY 26: French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives by plane for the G8 Summit on May 26, 2011 in Deauville, France. Heads of the of the world's wealthiest nations are gathering for the G8 Summit, hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, with the Arab spring...
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Heads of state and world leaders arrive for the G8 summit in Deauville May 26, 2011.
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Oxfam members wear masks representing G8 summit leaders as they sit at a poker table in a gaming parlour in Paris May 23, 2011. The masks are of (from L to R) Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, France's President...
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Oxfam members wear masks representing G8 summit leaders as they sit at a poker table in a gaming parlour in Paris May 23, 2011. The masks are of (from L to R) Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, France's President...
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