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Germany readies for fiery May Day protests

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Protestors argue with riot police after a May Day march in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district in 2008.

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Germany readies for fiery May Day protests
AFP | Apr 29, 2009 |
BERLIN (AFP) — Germany is bracing for its biggest May Day protests in years amid fears of a rise in social unrest caused by the worst recession since World War II in Europe’s biggest economy.

An estimated 50,000 jobs are being lost every month in Germany, and the government is forecasting that output will slump by more than five percent this year, second only to Japan among major economies.
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