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Saturday, July 3, 2010

REALITY REPORT #51 - Flushing the G20


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Monday, June 28, 2010

G20 protest violence prompts over 400 arrests

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    More than 400 people were arrested as violence broke out after thousands of anti-G20 protesters marched through downtown Toronto on Saturday, prompting police to use tear gas in the city for the first time.
    "I am profoundly disappointed in the criminal acts which have taken place," Toronto police Chief Bill Blair said at a news conference.
    "We have seen windows broken and police cars burned. It is very regrettable that such vandalism and violence could not be prevented. I want to assure you that the persons responsible will be held accountable."
    Four police vehicles were set ablaze, store and bank windows were smashed and much of the area was put under security lockdowns. The Integrated Security Unit said 412 people were arrested.
    Throughout the evening, police moved people east along Queen Street. Police were still trying to move small groups out of the downtown core early Sunday, hours after most demonstrators had gone home.

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    Fresh allegations have emerged against British police officers on duty at the G20 protests in London on April 1st. Eyewitnesses say they saw two men egging protestors to throws things at police officers. When confronted, they escaped through the police cordon after showing some ID. Tom Brake MP is pressing for an investigation.

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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

G20 countries shy away from global bank levy

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US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

The two-day G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Busan, South Korea concluded on Saturday, with no tangible initiatives to tackle the state of the global economy and banking regulation.

The meeting, which was designed to work out an agenda for the G20 summit in Toronto, Canada, at the end of the month, produced a communique that endorses the need for budgetary discipline and regulation of financial markets, but shies away from a global bank levy proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), European countries, including Germany, and the US.

Canada and Australia are among those opposed to such a levy, as they believe they should not have to pay to clear up a mess they did not create.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, however, insisted that regulating the banking industry must remain a global priority.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Blair courts controversial US pastor Rick Warren in bid to unite faiths

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Tony Blair

Former prime minister builds network of Christian allies as he prepares to launch a religious 'offensive' in North America

Tony Blair is preparing to launch a "faith offensive" across the United States over the next year, after building up relationships with a network of influential religious leaders and faith organisations.

With Afghanistan and Iraq casting a shadow over his popularity at home in Britain, Blair's focus has increasingly shifted across the Atlantic, to where the nexus of faith and power is immutable and he is feted like a rock star.

According to the annual accounts of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, a UK-based charity that promotes cohesion between the major faiths, the foundation is to develop a US arm that will pursue a host of faith-based projects.
But the decision angered many liberals, who see Warren as an opponent of gay rights and abortion on demand

According to the accounts, Blair intends to open an office in Toronto to develop the relationship.

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