Anti-globalisation activists heading for India summit

Thousands of activists are gathering in India's financial hub of Mumbai for the World Social Forum that starts this weekend, the first time the annual anti-globalisation meeting will be held in Asia.

Iraq was expected to be the focus at the forum, first organised three years ago as a counterpoint to the meeting of business and government leaders at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos.

Activists say the Davos meeting, scheduled for January 21-25, is elitist and neglects the interests of the vast majority of the world's population.