ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Police scuffled with scores of anti-G8 demonstrators in central London on Tuesday (June 11) before a summit of world leaders in Britain next week.<br/> <br />Isolated scuffles broke out when police moved in to arrest individuals as a main group of around 30 to 50 activists, mostly dressed in black, banged on drums and blew whistles as they ran through the capital.<br/> <br />The demonstrators were staging a "Carnival Against Capitalism" across London to start a week of action before Britain hosts the meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations at a golf resort in Northern Ireland.<br/> <br />More than 100 officers in riot uniforms formed a cordon, trapping the gathering protesters in a tight area around Beak Street as police helicopters hovered above and reinforcements waited in vans.<br/> <br />Activists, some with their faces covered, waved black, green and red flags as they marched through Oxford Street. They carried banners saying "No borders, n