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Peru: Protests vs. state of emergency / China: Public health system gets upgrade / United Nations: Indigenous leaders demand compensation / Australia: Detention center horrors continue

Protests and splits mark G8 summit

President Bush’s effort to win world support for his unilateral, superpower policies ran into resistance in the Group of 8 (G8) meeting and on the streets outside. The G8 represents the heads of the world’s richest capitalist countries.