Some 900 German federal police troops raided 40 sites in Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony, in a move against 21 anti-globalization militants allegedly suspected of setting up an organization to launch arson attacks at the Group of Eight summit in Heiligendamm next month. Arrests were made, but authorities would not say how many. (FT, Reuters, Xinhua, May 10)

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