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02 March 2013
PORTUGAL: 200K-500K Protest Against Austerity In Lisboa.
Massive anti-austerity demonstrations were held in Lisboa and other cities.
Some 200,000-500,000 protested peacefully in the nation's capital.
They chanted for the conservative government with its austerity measures to fall.
Some signs read... 'Screw the troika, power to the people.'
Portugal is in its 3rd year of recession.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/02/us-portugal-protests-idUSBRE92109J20130302