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(en) Switzerland, Media, Tear gas fired during violent Davos protes tin Geneva
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Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:20:03 +0200
Protests at the Davos World Economic Forum have turned violent, with police using tear gas to
disperse demonstrators. It is reported that a crowd threw bottles at police when they were blocked
from entering the city centre. A police spokesman estimated that there were 350 to 400 people in
the crowd. He said there have been 16 arrests, though dozens more protesters were briefly detained.
The rally, which was not authorised by city authorities, was organised by a coalition of leftists
from trade unions along with anarchists known as the Black Bloc. ---- The forum, held in the
elegant Swiss ski resort Davos, is an annual event. This year it is being held amid the global
economic crisis and growing unemployment. ---- Participants at the forum - the world's business and
political leaders - are increasingly blamed for the current state of world affairs.
Violent protests are rare in Geneva, though in the past decade a number of rallies have been staged
by opponents to globalization.
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