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General Category => World News => Topic started by: EC on October 20, 2013, 09:30:25 am

Title: Italy's anti-austerity rally turns violent
Post by: EC on October 20, 2013, 09:30:25 am

Via al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2013/10/italy-anti-austerity-rally-turns-violent-201310205390711985.html

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Protests against Italy's cuts in public spending have turned violent on the streets of Rome.

Demonstrators fought with police for a second day, objecting to the government's economic policies and a freeze on public sector wages.

Al Jazeera's Sonia Gallego reports from Rome.

2 minute video report at link.

The young, the disenfranchised, and the illegal. Typical rent-a-mob.