American deported after G8 riots

Rome - A US national under investigation in Italy following rioting outside the G8 summit in Genoa last month left Italy yesterday…

Rome - A US national under investigation in Italy following rioting outside the G8 summit in Genoa last month left Italy yesterday a day after being released from custody.

Susanna Thomas, 22, was expelled. She had been arrested on July 22 as she was hitching a lift with an Austrian theatre troupe.

Ms Thomas, a Quaker and avowed pacifist, was charged with vandalism.

All 19 members of the theatre group were accused of vandalism. They were on a tour against globalisation and racism during the July summit.

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