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Summit Ends With Pact and Cleanup - A comprehensive draft plan which pledges to complete a free-trade agreement in four years was signed by the leaders at the Summit of Americas in Quebec, where a sense of calm has returned. [ABC News]
 
Summit Under Siege - Police and anti-globalisation protesters in Quebec fight into the early hours, delaying the official opening of the pan-American summit. [BBC News]
 
This Modern World: We don't want to have to kill you! - Editorial comic strip about the anti-protest security at the Quebec Summit. By Tom Tomorrow.
 
Washington Post: Protesters Disrupt Summit on Trade - "President Bush and 33 other Western Hemisphere leaders seeking to build the world's largest free-trade zone opened a summit meeting today as clouds of tear gas and violent demonstrations played havoc with schedules and delayed meetings." By Dana Milbank.
 
Will Free Trade Kill Democracy? - Coverage of the protestors, and how free trade impacts the countries that sign the agreements. [Salon.com]
 
Wired: Hacktivists Target Trade Summit - A coalition of cyber-protesters plan to flood 28 websites associated with this weekend's free trade negotiations at the Summit of the Americas with page requests and e-mail messages. By Jeffrey Benner.
 
 

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