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Join mass blockages to protest against G8 summit

by FairSay — last modified 2007-05-17 10:34
What Aid Trade de
When 2007-05-05
from 00:00 to 00:00
Where Heiligendamm, Rostock, Germany
Contact Name Sven Giegold, Attac Germany
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Civil society organisations plan to blockade the opening of the G8 Summit on June 6 2007 at Heiligendamm, near Rostock in Germany, where the heads of government of the world’s eight most powerful states will hold their annual meeting from June 6-8, 2007.

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