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Violent Anti-G8 Protests Hit Swiss Cities
Reuters ^
| Sunday, June 1, 2003; 3:18 PM
| By Christopher Noble and Michael Shields
Posted on 06/01/2003 4:03:41 PM PDT by adam_az
Edited on 06/01/2003 6:59:53 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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LAUSANNE/GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) - Anarchists and anti-capitalists rampaged through the plush streets of Geneva and Lausanne Sunday, smashing shops and looting businesses as world leaders met beyond their reach in France.
Police detained several hundred youths, most of them in Lausanne, and the skirmishes continued into the evening in Geneva while world leaders settled down unperturbed to dinner some 32 miles away.
In Geneva, home to the World Trade Organization and some of the world's richest private banks, police fired anti-riot pellets and tear gas against gangs hurling stones and bottles.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anarchists; europe; g8; g8summit; krusgnet; protest; socialiats
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This is the best part - it's from the bottom of the article:
Police detained around 400 people at a Lausanne campsite full of activists. One protester was seriously hurt when he fell from a bridge over a motorway that demonstrators were trying to block to prevent delegates reaching Evian.
A police spokesman said a policeman had cut a rope from which the demonstrator, a 39-year-old Englishman, was hanging to spread a banner.
I don't like to laugh at others misfortunes - but in this case I'll make an exception. HA HA HA HA!!!
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:03:41 PM PDT
by
adam_az
To: adam_az
OOPS!!!
topic should be
Violent Anti-G8 Protests Hit Swiss Cities
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:04:52 PM PDT
by
adam_az
To: Admin Moderator
OOPS!!!
topic should be
Violent Anti-G8 Protests Hit Swiss Cities
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:05:38 PM PDT
by
adam_az
To: adam_az
dang dude, how'd you mess up the title so bad? it's in breaking news that way LOL
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:08:05 PM PDT
by
PianoMan
(Liberate the Axis of Evil)
To: adam_az
What the hell is "krusgnet"?
To: hellinahandcart
long story, it ended up in my cut/paste buffer and pasted instead of the story and i didn't notice until it was posted.
I hope the moderator corrects it, this is a great/horrible story.
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:16:52 PM PDT
by
adam_az
To: adam_az
I think the admins are hanging you out to dry...
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:17:01 PM PDT
by
PianoMan
(Liberate the Axis of Evil)
To: adam_az
I clicked on here to see what *krusgnet* meant..
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:17:59 PM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(The War is not over for me until my hubby's boots hit U.S. soil.)
To: adam_az
krusgnet? shazbot!
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:21:57 PM PDT
by
Imal
(If I had a dime for every time Bush's critics were right about him, I'd need to borrow a dime.)
To: PianoMan
"I think the admins are hanging you out to dry...
Based on the time of day, I'm predisposed to think that they are having dinner.
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:23:09 PM PDT
by
adam_az
To: mystery-ak
I did the same thing. "What's that? What could it mean?"
:D
To: adam_az
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:23:35 PM PDT
by
steveo
(A blonde walks into a bar..."ouch!")
To: Imal
This article is vey series unliek my tyopgrapical error.
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:24:03 PM PDT
by
adam_az
To: PianoMan; adam_az
I think so too, adam. They're going to let you sit on your erroneously pasted title and be embarrassed for a while.
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:24:54 PM PDT
by
Excuse_My_Bellicosity
(No animals were harmed during the making of this FR post.)
To: adam_az
One protester was seriously hurt when he fell from a bridge over a motorway that demonstrators were trying to block to prevent delegates reaching Evian. A police spokesman said a policeman had cut a rope from which the demonstrator, a 39-year-old Englishman, was hanging to spread a banner.
Damn the luck! :)
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:25:55 PM PDT
by
Excuse_My_Bellicosity
(No animals were harmed during the making of this FR post.)
To: adam_az
Know that you menton it, I gess it's petty hugh after all. And of corse, ver, ver series!
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:33:16 PM PDT
by
Imal
(If I had a dime for every time Bush's critics were right about him, I'd need to borrow a dime.)
To: Imal
Sory, typo. I ment it is VEY, VEY series!
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:34:53 PM PDT
by
Imal
(If I had a dime for every time Bush's critics were right about him, I'd need to borrow a dime.)
To: adam_az
I'm glad someone finally posted an article about the breaking KRUSGNET situation.
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:38:30 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: adam_az
Is Krugsnet?
Some kind of pastry?
A subversive news organization?
The latest Freeper secret code?
I know it must be important. It's in Breaking News.
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:39:04 PM PDT
by
Unknown Freeper
(Remember the Funk Brothers: http://www.standingintheshadowsofmotown.com/soundtrack.htm)
To: adam_az
'krusgnet'
Is that your password or something?
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:40:53 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(check it out... http://freepers.zill.net/users/bogey78o_fr/puppet.swf)
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