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Missile defence for Genoa summit

The Italian authorities are bringing in surface-to-air missiles to boost security for next week's G8 summit in Genoa.

A government spokesman called it a precautionary move against any terrorist attack from the air.

Thousands of anti-globalisation demonstrators are preparing to converge on Genoa.

The port city is being turned into a huge security fortress, with military aircraft and naval ships on alert, and armoured vehicles, bomb disposal squads and thousands of riot police on the streets.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service