http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/06/07/rg0806_wgerman_wideweb__470x228,0.jpghttp://www.theage.com.au/news/world/sitins-standoffs-lead-to-flyins/2007/06/07/1181089239138.htmlPROTESTERS dressed as clowns ran rings around the German police as the G8 summit venue in Heiligendamm was cut off from the outside world by demonstrations.
A vast security operation costing tens of millions of dollars was bypassed with embarrassing ease as thousands of protesters blocked road, rail, and briefly, sea access to the area.
World leaders were flown by helicopter into the Baltic coastal resort, but land routes around Heiligendamm were cut off by sit-ins and stand-offs between protesters and riot police.
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