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Spain prepares more austerity, protesters clash with police

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A demonstrator struggles with Spanish National Police riot officers outside the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Sept. 25, 2012.
A demonstrator struggles with Spanish National Police riot officers outside the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Sept. 25, 2012.Sergio Perez / Reuters

Reuters reports - Protesters clashed with police in Spain's capital on Tuesday as the government prepared a new round of unpopular austerity measures for the 2013 budget to be announced on Thursday.

Thousands gathered in Neptune plaza, a few meters from El Prado museum in central Madrid, where they formed a human chain around parliament, surrounded by barricades, police trucks and more than 1,500 police in riot gear. Full story…

Protesters surround Police vans close to Spain's Parliament during a demonstration in Madrid, Sept. 25.
Protesters surround Police vans close to Spain's Parliament during a demonstration in Madrid, Sept. 25.Andrea Comas / Reuters
A restaurant owner shouts, with his clients behind him, at demonstrators to stop throwing stones at his restaurant, after a protest around the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Sept. 25.
A restaurant owner shouts, with his clients behind him, at demonstrators to stop throwing stones at his restaurant, after a protest around the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Sept. 25.Jasper Juinen / Getty Images
People take cover during clashes between protesters and riot police at Neptuno Square during demonstrations surrounding the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Sept. 25.
People take cover during clashes between protesters and riot police at Neptuno Square during demonstrations surrounding the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Sept. 25.Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images

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