G20 summit begins amid protests
Updated at: 1336 PST, Thursday, April 02, 2009

LONDON: The G20 summit has opened to discuss the global economy amid protests.Police were out in force as leaders of theG20 financial powers met to discuss the global economy, after sometimes violent clashes a day earlier during which one man collapsed and died and police made 86 arrests. Security was tight at the summit venue, the ExCel Center in east London's Docklands area. Police manned barriers and checkpoints around the security perimeter .... Full Story