Clinton heeds the voices from the street

Yasemin Congar, Seattle

       The outcry of 50,000 protesters seems to have affected the leaders' agenda for the WTO (World Trade Organisation), the 135 country-member Genova -base organisation which sets the rules for World trade. "For those who came [to Seattle] to peacefully make their point, I welcome them here because I watn them to be integrated into the longer term debate," Clinton said. "To those who came here to break windowsand hurt small businesses, or stop people from going to meetings or having their say- I condemn them," he went on to say.
       The President said the violent minority should not prevent anyone from heeding what the non-violent protesters have to say and their rightful message.
       Clinton yesterday signed an international accord limiting the use of child labour. Clinton said there is a greater need for greater participation in WTO activities to build a broader consensus on trade. He said more people should be brought into the debate on trade issues.
       Clinton said it was international trede that was accountable for the wealth of the US and that it was neccesary to display to the whole world how trade could help countries all around the World once a way was found to render it to be done on equal terms for everyone.

600 demonstrators detained

       Conflict between protesters and police resumed on the second day of the WTO summit, as police deployed across a 46-block "no-protest" zone and a curfew in the city of Seattle. SEcurity officals declared 600 were detained by the second day since the start of the summit. Some deemonstrators were handcuffed and taken off in busses.