http://news.monstersandcritics.com/.../Merkel_urges_G8_protesters_to_forgo_violence Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected when the leaders of Germany, Britain, France, the United States, Italy, Russia, Canada and Japan gather in the beach resort of Heiligendamm from June 6-8. <img src=http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/koizumiphoto/2003/06/images/01summit.jpg \img> The 2003 summit.