Italian students storm Tower of Pisa, Colosseum

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AO34P20101125

Italian students storm Tower of Pisa, Colosseum
By Catherine Hornby and Gabriele Pileri

ROME (Reuters) - Italian students stormed the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Rome's Colosseum and blocked roads and railways Thursday in protest against university reform planned by Silvio Berlusconi's struggling government. The measures, currently before parliament, include spending cuts and time limits on research.

Thousands of students marched in cities around Italy and occupied university buildings. One was injured during clashes with police in Florence, news agencies reported, but demonstrations were largely peaceful. "We will block this reform," students chanted outside parliament buildings, waving smoke flares and banners.

They breached security at the Tower of Pisa, flying banners from the summit, and jumped over entrance turnstiles at the Colosseum.

The protest was the latest in a wave of demonstrations against austerity measures in Europe. In London, thousands of people rallied Wednesday against a rise in university fees.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. And here in the good old U.S. of A.

we just bend over and take it.

[jwirr]

2. Hopefully these young people know what they want and stick to it.

Way back when we had not thought things through - once the Vietnam war ended we thought we had won. Problem is we did not change the basic problems and now we are facing the fallout. I do not think that our USA students will do anything in the middle of the winter. In the 60-70s it was called "the long hot summer" for a reason.