This news from Britain: Riot police broke up a major protest yesterday by hundreds of demonstrators who ignited a fire outside a major London train station in a show of force against the WTO summit in Seattle. For two hours, protesters overturned vehicles and disrupted London’s evening rush-hour commuter travel with their attack on the plaza outside Euston Station in the center of the capital. A police spokesman said at least three people were arrested, several bystanders injured, when demonstrators hurled bottles, iron bars, paving stones and other debris as police moved forward to push them back from the station entrance. Correspondents at the scene said up to 2,000 protesters took part at the height of the evening rush hour.
Meanwhile, yesterday in France, demonstrations were held against the World Trade Organization, as well, through the efforts of numerous nongovernmental organizations, activist groups, unions and political parties. In all, there were more than 75,000 protesters in 80 towns. The protest in Paris alone brought together more than 20,000 people.