World IN BRIEF : ROMANIA : Police Crush Protest With Clubs, Boots
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Romanian riot police broke up an anti-government demonstration in Bucharest, clubbing and kicking protesters and journalists, witnesses said. The clashes flared when about 1,000 demonstrators barricaded a central boulevard following a protest march by 20,000 supporters of the biggest non-parliamentary opposition group, the Civic Alliance. Some blocked the University Square outside a hotel and hurled stones at hundreds of police who surrounded the area.
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