Pursuits
G-7 Protesters Confront Police as Leaders Gather in German Alps
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Anti-capitalist activists marched through a German Alpine town to protest world leaders convened by Chancellor Angela Merkel, scuffling with police who responded with batons and pepper spray.
About 3,600 protesters descended on Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday on the eve of the Group of Seven summit, where Merkel is hosting President Barack Obama and other leaders of advanced economies at a luxury hotel under Germany’s highest peaks for two days of talks. Protesters plan to march Sunday toward Schloss Elmau, the blocked-off summit venue set in a secluded valley.