On the run

[Chris Burford <cburford@xxxxxxxxxx>]

IHT Thursday

"Canada is so worried that rioters could wreck a summit of world leaders in
Ottawa next year that it is debating whether to move the event to a more
remote site in the west of the country, senior diplomatic sources said on
Wednesday.

In 2002 Canada will hold the presidency of the Group of Eight leading
nations, the highlight of which would have been a mid-year summit in Ottawa.

But sources said Prime Minister Jean Chretien, concerned about a possible
repeat of violent protests seen at the Summit of the Americas in Quesbec in
April and a riot at a European summit meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden last
month, was seriously considering a change in venue. They said Mr Chretien
would take a final decision later this month."