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Hero's Welcome For Bush After Violent Demo

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Source: SkyNews

Hero's Welcome For Bush After Violent Demo
By borlandh_news SkyNews - 1 hour 47 minutes agoGeorge Bush is visiting US ally Albania a day after angry demonstrations during his visit with the Pope in Rome.

The Albanian capital Tirana has been festooned with US flags, welcome banners and huge posters of the American President smiling.

On the penultimate stop in his eight-day European tour, there were be none of the protests that marred his visits to Germany and Italy.

Yesterday, around 12,000 anti-globalisation activists protested in the Italian capital about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as President Bush's environment policies.

Police in riot gear charged and fired tear gas at demonstrators who had thrown bottles at them in the city's historic centre.

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