Genoa summit violence continues

Protesters have clashed with police for a second day

"The people of Seattle have got their martyr", warned the headline in an Italian newspaper this morning.

And the death in Genoa yesterday of a demonstrator against the G8 has dominated today's news from the summit and driven most of the substance of the leaders' discussions out of the headlines.

Carlo Giuliani, 23, died after being shot and then run over by a police vehicle

There are reports that the policeman who shot the 23-year-old in the head is being investigated for manslaughter, and the driver of the police landrover who allegedly drove over the wounded man may also be charged.

There's been more violence today, with protesters setting light to cars and police firing volleys of tear gas shells.

On Saturday afternoon the Prime Minister Tony Blair deplored the violence in Genoa and described the death of the protestor as tragic.

Pulling out

Some of the UK development charities who had come to join the demonstrations decided not to march today.

The Drop the Debt campaign, backed by Sir Bob Geldof and other celebrities, had been offered a chance to put its case directly to some of the summit leaders, and wanted to avoid association with the violence.

We spoke to the campaign's director, Jamie Drummond who attended the charity's meeting with Tony Blair.

Pierre Marc Johnson, a former Premier of Quebec, has written extensively on globalisation and good government.

He believes the summits should actually be bigger, and include members of parliament and other groups, not just heads of state.

We asked him how Canada - which is due to host the next G8 summit - might meet the challenge in 2002.

Click on the audio links above left to hear the interviews.