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G20 Newslinks

Last Updated: Thursday, April 2, 2009 9:49 AM

G20 Newslinks 1 April, 2009

London Riot Police Charge G20 Protesters After Bank Stormed
FOXNews – USA
Police in central London are on alert for possible further unrest after a day of violent protests by G20 demonstrators. Around lunchtime, riot police had to …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512077,00.html

No soul-searching, no Colgate in Obama’s G20 diplomacy
Reuters – USA
… to strike up a more formal relationship with his Russian counterpart when they met on the sidelines of a G20 economic crisis summit in London.…
www.reuters.com/article/gc06/idUSTRE5305N420090401

Dollar slightly up, as G20 leaders convene
MarketWatch – USA
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in a joint news conference ahead of the London gathering, downplayed rifts within the G20 …
www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Dollar-slightly-higher-vs-
most/story.aspx?guid=%7BC1E193B0-C402-4D84-B3B3-DBD
C1668DEB1%7D

France, Germany Call for More Regulation Ahead of G20 Summit
Washington Post – United States
The public exchanges as leaders converged here for the start of a summit of more than 20 major industrialized and developing nations, known as the G20,…
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20
09/04/01/AR2009040102094.html?hpid=topnews

‘Special Report’ Panel on Expectations From the G20 Summit
FOXNews – USA
BRET BAIER, HOST: President Obama arrived in London today for the G20 summit this week — that’s the Group of 20 wealthy and developing nations representing …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512054,00.html

G20: Japan PM Vows To Take Steps To Prop Up Asia Economies
Wall Street Journal – USA
Aso will give further details to the G20 summit. “The key (of the world recovery) is restoring Asian economic growth … Japan will announce several …
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090401-711918.html

“Not there yet” on G20 agreement: UK pm’s spokesman
Reuters – USA
LONDON (Reuters) – The G20 nations are still trying to hammer out an agreement over reforms to financial regulation and additional resources for the …
www.reuters.com/article/GCA-G20/idUSL168078420090401

Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev hold London talks before G20 summit
guardian.co.uk – UK
Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama meet ahead of the G20 summit in London to discuss nuclear disarmament. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Barack Obama …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/01/barack-
obama-dmitri-medvedev-nuclear-disarmament

India Looks for Concerted Action at G-20
Wall Street Journal – USA
“But I don’t see the details of that being discussed at G20.” A dispute between India and the US over anti-import surge protections for developing country …
online.wsj.com/article/SB12386011437887
8655.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

G-20 Protesters Jam Downtown London, Target Banks
Washington Post – United States
… protest and environmental campaigners also planned a “Fossil Fools Day” demonstration near the ExCeL center, where the G-20 meetings are taking place. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2009/04/01/AR2009040100672.html

G-20 Protesters Break Into Royal Bank Of Scotland In London …
By The Huffington Post News Editors
LONDON – G-20 protesters clashed with riot police in downtown London on Wednesday, breaking into the heavily guarded Royal Bank of Scotland and smashing its windows. Earlier, they tried to storm the Bank of England and pelted police …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/01/
g20-protesters-jam-downto_n_181665.html

Michelle Malkin “ G20 thugs impersonate police, break into bank
By Michelle Malkin
They showed video of protests in Trafalgar Square in London (which is NOT Canary Wharf where the G20 is going on). On a normal weekend there are more (doubel/triple) the number of TOURISTS than there are protesters today. …
michellemalkin.com/2009/04/01/g20-thugs
-impersonate-police-break-into-bank/

The G20 Protests Turn Nasty – Iain Murray – The Corner on National …
By Iain Murray
The G20 Protests Turn Nasty [Iain Murray]. There are reports of the police having to charge the demonstraters in the City of London, but given the changed nature of the police force in the U.K., as described in several posts below, …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MWQ4MjNh
OTU1M2ZiNzQxYTM4MjhlZTg3NjgzZjM3OGI=

G20 protests break out, follow the action on Twitter – Posted
By Shane Dingman
Posted is National Posts news blog, watching the news so you don’t have to with up-to-the-minute breaking stories, news from the Internet and takes from National Post writers.
network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/04/01
/g20-protests-break-out-follow-the-action-on-twitter.aspx

London G20 – Scepticism Prevails
By info@swissetrade.com (Swiss e Trade AG)
A kind of wait-and-see stance in Forex developed yesterday, ahead of today’s start of the G20 meeting in London. The main question, of course, is how the dollar will react after conclusion of the summit. …
www.fxstreet.com/technical/forex-strategy/
daily-trading-forecast/2009-04-01.html

Thousands join London G-20 protest – CNN.com
Thousands of people have converged in the center of London for the first major protest ahead of next week’s G-20 summit.
www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/28/g20.protests.saturday/

Sizzling G-20 Wives – The Daily Beast
Mar 31, 2009 … Carla Bruni caused a frenzy last year, and with Sarah Brown hosting and Svetlana Medvedeva attending, the first ladies of the G-20 summit …
www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories
/2009-03-31/sizzling-g-20-wives/

France Hints at Leaving G-20 Summit – WSJ.com
Mar 31, 2009 … France’s finance minister said President Sarkozy would walk away from this week’s G-20 meeting if no progress was made — but other …
online.wsj.com/article/SB123851145376573879.html

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