Tuesday, March 6, 2012

G8 summit

  • to address a broad range of issues ahead of a NATO summit in May, the White House announced. Chicago had been announced as the site of the G8 and NATO summits scheduled for May but U.S.
  • (United Press International)
  • CHICAGO -- Protesters whove been planning for months to converge on Chicago for a pair of important world meetings this spring say they have a message: No G-8? No problem.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • WASHINGTON -- The White House is moving the site of the upcoming G-8 economic summit from Chicago to the presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland. Its an unusual late location change for such a large international summit.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • In a brief written statement from the White House, President Obama unexpectedly announced Monday afternoon that the upcoming G8 summit previously scheduled to be held in Chicago would instead occur at the presidential retreat Camp David in Maryland.
  • (In These Times)
  • President Obama was asked by Lynne Sweet today about the decision to move the G8 World Leaders summit to Camp David, after its initial location in Obamas home town of Chicago.
  • (FOX News)
  • CHICAGO — Protesters gearing up for the gathering of NATO leaders here on May 20-21 maintained Chicago will remain a major magnet for demonstrators, despite the G8 summit being moved.
  • (Denver Post)
  • Count Chicago police Supt. Garry McCarthy among those who were caught off-guard by the abrupt announcement that Chicago would not host the upcoming G8 summit. Um, yeah, its very much a surprise.
  • (NBC Chicago)
  • while charting the way forward in Afghanistan. The 38th G8 summit was to be held in Chicago alongside the NATO summit, and was expected to draw thousands of demonstrators.
  • (News-Democrat)

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