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United Kingdom Tens of thousands pack streets of Madrid in strike
Published on 29/03/2012
Spain ground to a halt during a general strike on Thursday with thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets to protest against spending cuts. In Barcelona police reportedly fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd as trouble broke out.