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Protesters in Italy this weekend
AROUND 100,000 anti-fascist demonstrators rallied in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo at the weekend in the wake of growing anti-refugee violence.
It was the last weekend for political rallies before Italy's March 4 national election and the Rome protest was one of at least a dozen marches or rallies held in several cities by both left and right.
The Rome mobilisation was organised by a coalition including the CGIL militant trade union federation, the National Association of Italian Partisans (Anpi) and the Communist Refoundation party. Democratic Party Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and a number of his ministers joined the protest.
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