Belgium clash
Police used water cannon against workers yesterday as Belgium's powerful trade unions began a series of strikes and demonstrations to try to force the government to soften its tough package of austerity measures, Reuter reports from Brussels.
About 15,000 unionists demonstrated in Antwerp against the austerity measures. Police said they used water cannon to disperse 300 workers who refused to leave the main square.
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