BLOCK G8
8 against 80.000. The 8 leaders of the most powerful industrial nations faces approximately 80.000 demonstrators during the G8-Meeting 2007 in Heiligendamm/ Germany. Between them: 17.800 policemen, 1.100 soldiers of the German Federal Armed Forces , 13 km safety fence, 1 frigate, 6 additional army boats, 3 mine hunter boats, helicopters, water canons and tanks. 4.000 journalists reported of the dance around the fence. The event of the superlative costs approximately 122 millions euro.
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