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Australia Anti-War Protest Turns Violent
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AP Online
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March 26, 2003
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- JAMIE TARABAY, Associated Press Writer
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Dateline: SYDNEY, Australia
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Thousands of protesters pelted Sydney police with bottles and chairs
grabbed from street-side cafes on Wednesday in Australia's most violent
demonstration yet against the war in Iraq.
Police in riot gear arrested at least 45 protesters, and one officer
was injured when an object hurled from the crowd hit him on the head.
In South Korea, police arrested 30 protesters who scaled a wall at
the U.S. Embassy and unfurled a banner reading "Stop the war."
The protests followed marches by hundreds of thousands of people in
the Middle East on Tuesday. One demonstration in Damascus, Syria attracted
a half-million protesters. ...