Huge protests overshadow Spanish local elections
By Daniel Silva | China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-23 08:02
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Demonstrators camp out in Madrid's Puerta del Sol on Sunday. Tens of thousands of protesters have daily joined those camped out for the past week to protest against government austerity measures before regional elections on Sunday which are likely to deal a blow to the nation's ruling Socialists. Paul Hanna / Reuters |
MADRID - Spaniards voted on Sunday in local elections set to crush the ruling Socialists as protesters fuming over mass unemployment defied a ban on their swelling movement.
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