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Salzburg protests turn violent

Hundreds of anti-globalisation protestors clashed in Salzburg on Sunday, where some 15 heads of state and government as well as 40 ministers and some 660 business executives were gathering for the World Economic Forum's sixth annual European economic summit, reports the Independent. However, tight security measures kept the protests under control compared to last month's riots in Göteborg.

At least five demonstrators were arrested and four police injured, but the protests failed to disr...

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