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To: RealMuLan who wrote (3054)4/10/2004 12:38:50 PM
From: RealMuLan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6370
 
Taiwan Riot Police Battle Election Protesters
By KEITH BRADSHER

Published: April 11, 2004

Reuters
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Thousands protested before the presidential palace in Taiwan Saturday in support of an election recount.

TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 10 — Riot police officers fought with demonstrators and used water cannons mounted on armored cars as a large rally turned unexpectedly violent here on Saturday night in front of the presidential palace.

A crowd estimated by organizers at 300,000 and by the police at 100,000 assembled peacefully on Saturday afternoon to call for a parliamentary investigation into a shooting incident that wounded President Chen Shui-bian on the eve of elections here last month, and may have helped him win re-election. Most of the crowd dispersed at sunset, but a few thousand remained and began skirmishing with an even larger number of riot police officers.
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