French police fire tear gas at G7 protesters

French police used tear gas and water cannons to break up anti-G7 protesters in the southern city of Bayonne on Saturday, as leaders from the world's leading industrialised nations arrived for their summit just a few kilometres away in Biarritz. Since Monday, anti-capitalist activists, environmentalists and other anti-globalization groups have been flocking to a counter-summit in southwestern France that organisers insisted would be peaceful. More than 9,000 anti-G7 protesters took part in the l