Geneva: Shops set alight in G8 protest

On the eve of a mass anti-G-8 demonstration in Geneva, militant protesters set fire to shops and damaged public buildings in the Swiss city, police said.

Geneva: Shops set alight in G8 protest

On the eve of a mass anti-G-8 demonstration in Geneva, militant protesters set fire to shops and damaged public buildings in the Swiss city, police said.

Geneva police spokesman Jacques Volery said at least 10 shops were targeted during the late-night downtown trouble involving some 300 individuals, but was unable to give details of the extent of the damage.

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