Crowd, police clash at protest of G-8

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By DAVID RISING Associated Press Writer
© 2007 The Associated Press

ROSTOCK, Germany — Masked demonstrators hurled stones and flagpoles at police during a demonstration Saturday by tens of thousands of people against the upcoming Group of Eight summit in Germany, engulfing the harbor of this northern port city in chaos.

Officers in helmets and body armor at one point briefly retreated before a hail of stones, while other officers chased down fleeing protesters at the rally in Rostock in northern Germany.

Police marched in a line through a harborside street to scatter demonstrators, and were pelted with stones from behind. One of the organizers pleaded for calm from a loudspeaker: "The police are heading back so we can hold our protest in peace, that is what we want."

Cordula Feitchinger, a police spokeswoman, said one officer was slightly injured. She had no immediate total for arrests.

"There are massive assaults on police officers at the city's harbor right now," police spokeswoman Cordula Feichtinger said. "The situation is currently very chaotic and we have to get it under control before I can tell you how many people have been arrested."

Feichtinger said one police officer was slightly injured but remained on duty.

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[eleny]

1. They hurled flagpoles?

Gutsy stuff.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

2. These demonstrations might be the reason for today's big terra story

It's a shame when MSM "news" leads to such skepticism. This "Boy who cried wolf" situation is dangerous. The main stream media no longer has any credibility, and who ever releases these stories as diversions are doing a great disservice to the citizens of this country.

[helderheid]

3. I had the same thought.