rich countries. There were no plans to include any comment on currencies in the economic communique. G8 leaders were also due to discuss foreign policy issues, particularly the Middle East, although they were not expected to make any major announcements. Following five days of pop concerts, demonstrations and sporadic violent protests on Scotland's streets that focused public attention in Britain on the G8 as never before, no anti-G8 protests were planned on Thursday. But police surrounded a protest campsite in the town of Stirling, 32 km (20 miles) south of Gleneagles, to protect public safety. They were allowing protesters to come and go as long as they submitted to body searches.
