G-20 Protest Pictures

CANNES , France ( Reuters ) - The shouts of protestors were hard to hear at France's G20 summit in Cannes this week, any revolutionary fervor checked by tight policing, rainy weather and a sense among some that the days of mass demonstrations against the event were passing. Protest groups in France and abroad had planned an "anti-G20" summit to be held in nearby Nice for nearly a year and hoped to draw on the global buzz generated by movements from the Arab Spring to " Occupy Wall Street...Read Full Story

The Hindu Greek euro threat looms over Cannes G20 summit Reuters Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks to the media after crisis talks on the eve of a G20 summit of major world economies in Cannes, November 2, 2011. By Noah Barkin CANNES, France (Reuters) - The threat of a Greek exit from the euro zone ... Euro Declines as European Leaders Withhold Aid Before Greek Vote BusinessWeek Euro, Asian Stocks Fall as EU Leaders Withhold Greek Aid Before Referendum Bloomberg Asian stocks...Read Full Story

Andrew Cooper During its first year, the G20 leaders forum elicited considerable praise as a new institution of global economic governance. From the first Washington G20 leaders summit in November 2008 through to the third Pittsburgh summit in September 2009, many observers argued that it helped policy-makers manage the global financial crisis in a much more cooperative and effective manner than their counterparts in the era of the Great Depression. The G20 leaders were also applauded for...Read Full Story

Reuters - The shouts of protestors were hard to hear at France's G20 summit in Cannes this week, any revolutionary fervor checked by tight policing, rainy weather and a sense among some that the days of mass demonstrations against the event were passing.Read Full Story

South Korean labour and civic groups will join with international activists to stage a wave of protests against this autumn's G20 summit in Seoul , a union group said Monday. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) said it would launch an umbrella protest organisation with about 50 other groups Wednesday to oppose the meeting on November 11-12 of leaders from the Group of 20 leading world economies. "The organisation will begin a campaign from October 1 to oppose the agenda of the G20...Read Full Story