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FOUR Danish youths faced charges yesterday after clashes at a protest marking 10 years since the demolition of the famous Copenhagen Youth House.
Nine protesters were arrested, including two minors, after they clashed with riot police on Wednesday night in the Norrebro district. Police tried to break up the march of around 1,000 people before it reached the now-vacant site of the Ungdomshuset.
Clashes broke out later when police tried to eject a small group protesters from the new Youth House nearby. Riot police were pelted with paint bombs cobblestones, fireworks and bottles and several bank branches had their windows smashed.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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Despite opposition from Greenland’s people and Denmark, Washington intends to control the Arctic territory one way or another. Strategic dominance, mineral wealth and military power are the driving forces at play, writes ROGER McKENZIE