20 April, 2009

Police ‘powerless’ to act after G20
Scotsman – United Kingdom
… protesters brought London streets to a standstill yesterday, as police appeared powerless to contain thousands of protesters after the G20 controversy. …
news.scotsman.com/politics/Police—39powerless39-to-act.5187961.jp

Police blogs: Rank and file reaction to G20
guardian.co.uk – UK
The mood on some police blogs yesterday was turning from an initial concern at claims of misconduct by officers to a defiant siege mentality. …
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/21/police-blogs-g20

IMF and World Bank to Discuss Financing Aid for Developing Countries
Voice of America – USA
Among the topics will be how best to apply the $1 trillion allocated by G-20 leaders last month to the IMF. For development organizations, the meetings are …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-20-voa52.cfm

Sarkozy Mouths Off on World Leaders
BusinessWeek – USA
Mr. Sarkozy qualified the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, as “totally absent from the G20" and said of the German chancellor: …
www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/apr2009/gb20090420
_431939.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_globa
l+business

Lauerman: The G20 summit and oil prices
Financial Post – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Contrary to the hoopla and hyperbole surrounding the G20 summit in London on April 2, the event merited a mere four out of 10. Gordon Brown, the UK prime …
www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/energy/story.html?id=1514541

G20 probe ‘must be independent’
BBC News – UK
Campaigners have called for a “truly independent” inquiry into allegations that police used unnecessary violence to evict the G20 climate camp. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8008980.stm

Police threatened G20 activists with Tasers
This is London – London,England,UK
Mr Vaz added he wanted to see a Parliamentary statement or debate on the G20 protests, but said the home affairs select committee hearings would help fill …
www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23678335-details/Police
+threatened+G20+activists+with+Tasers/article.do

Police officers defend G20 actions
Radio 1 – UK
by Matt Cole Police officers have come out in support of the Metropolitan force’s actions at the G20 protests. The debate over police conduct escalated …
news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/the_p_word/newsid_8008000/8008310.stm

The big ZERO in G20
Mail & Guardian Online – Johannesburg,South Africa
Among the headlines at last week’s G20 summit, an important fact was lost in the buzz: the G20 has done almost nothing for the world’s poorest countries. …
www.mg.co.za/article/2009-04-19-the-big-zero-in-g20

Epoch Times – G20 Riot Death Lands London Police in Hot Water
By By Micky Lam/Epoch Times Staff
A London police officer may face manslaughter charges over the assault of G20 casualty, Ian Tomlinson.
www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/15653/

Police accused in fresh G20 dossier
united kingdom Police accused in fresh G20 dossier 09:27 Lawyers acting for activists will deliver a dossier to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) containing hundreds of witness statements.Activists claim they were …
www.euronews24.org/united-kingdom/
police-accused-in-fresh-g20-dossier/

Labourhome “ Ian Tomlinson – G20
By Labourhome
Ian Tomlinson – G20 · gobabygo Mon Apr 20, 2009 at 11:39:28 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook. As well as the Met’s awful handlings of protesters – does anyone else feel they’re acting as if exempt from the law? …
www.labourhome.org/story/2009/4/20/183928/633

Police accused in fresh G20 dossier – , – Latest news & weather …
Police are facing new accusations of brutality against G20 protesters as MPs prepare to raise questions over the choice of tactics.
news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-do
cumentid=16212070&icid=toptodayuk

G-20 and Bangladesh “ An ordinary citizen
By bdoza
g20-leaders On 2nd April, 2009, the 20 most industrialised and emerging nation met together at London to address the world economic recession and to find the way out of the recession. It was the first major summit for Obama after he has …
bdoza.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/g-20-and-bangladesh/

19 April, 2009

Brighton G20 protester’s criminal record for demo disorder
The Argus.co.uk – Brighton,UK
The G20 protester slapped by a police officer has been arrested at a demonstration in the past, The Argus can reveal. Nicky Fisher, of Wakefield Road, …
www.theargus.co.uk/news/4302265.Brighton_G20_
protester_s_criminal_record_for_demo_disorder/

No more crisis to kick around?
MarketWatch – USA
There’ll be a G20 summit every three months in Washington just so that world leaders can queue up to thank him. 2.) The gloomsters have become household …
www.marketwatch.com/news/story/no-more-crisis-kick-around
/story.aspx?guid=144A800F-FEA1-4FA4-BB4C-A82E5B1954F5&d
ist=SecMostMailed

Guardian Daily: Parliament to examine G20 policing
guardian.co.uk – UK
Two influential parliamentary committees are to scrutinise police tactics at the G20 protests. Paul Lewis says just like the rest of us, the police can no …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2009
/apr/20/guardian-daily-podcast

G20 charges mount for London police
ABC Online – Australia
By Stephanie Kennedy in London The British police force is facing mounting criminal charges over its tactics during this month’s G20 protests in London. …
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04
/20/2546901.htm?section=business

G-20: Round Two
IRC’s Americas Program – Albuquerque,NM,USA
The G-20 leaders announced in their communiqué that the “crisis […] has deepened since we last met.” The communiqué describes their plans as “the largest …
americas.irc-online.org/am/6054

IPCC chief to face MPs over G20
BBC News – UK
The head of the police complaints watchdog is to give evidence in the Commons over the policing of the G20 protests in London. Nick Hardwick, head of the …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8006897.stm

Chana claims G20 apathetic
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
LIU MINGKANG is dismissive: China’s main banking regulator says that after two G20 meetings in the past six months, world leaders have only paid “lip…
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/
story/0,28124,25356248-30538,00.html

Tests finger police over G20 bashing death
The Age – Melbourne,Australia
A RENEWED scandal has erupted in Britain with the revelation that a man who died after being attacked by police during this month’s G20 protests died of …
www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/04/18/1240008828878.html

Online debate over G20 policing
The Press Association
Online communities have voiced varied opinions regarding tactics used by police during the G20 protests. Social networking sites such as Facebook have seen …
www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/
ALeqM5g1FB7irhh25DiFaOluJ2g0DVlGow

IPCC urges demo policing debate
BBC News – UK
The head of the police complaints watchdog has called for a debate over the way demonstrations are policed after the row over the G20 protests. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8006622.stm

Police to face grilling over G20
united kingdom Police to face grilling over G20 07:31 Both the head of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary will appear before the Home Affairs Select Committee.
www.euronews24.org/united-kingdom/police-to-face-grilling-over-g20/

U.S. wants G-20 to play bigger role | Asia Daily News Online
By Asia News
US wants G-20 to play bigger role BY TOSHIHIKO OGATA, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN WASHINGTON—The United States wants to make the Group of 20 rich and emerging.
english.siamdailynews.com/today-in-world/
us-wants-g-20-to-play-bigger-role.html

G20: The ‘trillion’ dollar magic trick by Bulletin India
By bulletin
To great fanfare, the G20 announced a US $1.1 trillion global package, which will actually deliver less than half that amount in new or guaranteed resources. Meanwhile issues of fundamental economic reform were left off the agenda. …
bulletin.in/all-topics/g20-the-trillion-dollar-magic-trick/

EU Slowly Gaining World Economic Power
By admin
COGwriter The recent G20 conference saw the EU getting what it wanted, while what the USA basically got was a cordial reception for President Obama.
www.cogwriter.com/news/prophecy/eu
-slowly-gaining-world-economic-power/

News | The Independent UK – Police must be ‘servants not masters …
By The Independent
The United Campaign Against Police Violence, a coalition formed in the wake of the G20 protests, met last weekend to discuss plans. “We’re trying to stop London on May Day in memory of all those who have died in police custody,” said …
news.independentminds.livejournal.com/2034575.html

Caught on video… another G20 policeman lashes out at protester …
Apr 19, 2009 … Disturbing new pictures last night raised further questions over the police’s ‘ disproportionate’ handling of the G20 protests in London.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1171818/Caugh
t-video—G20-policeman-lashes-protester.html