ANNEMASSE (France): Tens of thousands of anti-globalisation protestors set off on marches yesterday, as French police fired tear gas to stop demonstrators blocking a road to a resort hosting a summit of world leaders.
Carrying anti-war banners and beating drums, some 1,500 protestors tried to block a road near the town of Thonon, the route for some delegations heading for the Group of Eight (G8) summit in the lakeside spa of Evian.
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