G8 protest in Zurich

Zurich - A small group of anti-globalisation demonstrators occupied the Italian-Swiss chamber of commerce here yesterday in protest…

Zurich - A small group of anti-globalisation demonstrators occupied the Italian-Swiss chamber of commerce here yesterday in protest at police violence at last week's G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, local police said.

In Paris, some 1,500 people marched through central Paris to protest against alleged police brutality at the recent G8 summit in Italy and to demand an international inquiry into the violence.

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