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Riots in Riga, Baltic

S. H. | 14.01.2009 11:46

Riots all over Europe. Last night in Latvia: People are demanding the dissolution of parliament. The country is slipping into a deep recession.After a peacefull demo people try to storm the Parliament and smash it´s windows, rioting for hours. Video-links Riga, Latvia.

Europe in Chaos. After Greece - the Gaza protests all over Europe; and now as the recession beginns to bite worldwide, with the highest number of unemployed for decades, riots flare up in the Baltic state of Latvia. The country is sliding into a deep economic crisis, and with it ethnic tensions flare up as well.

One BBC vid
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7827708.stm

and many more on youtube

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_NxcSf7gY
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDU121LT5d8
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUgMzsuWlM
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvYzHzardCM
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_NxcSf7gY

S. H.