{"article":{"id":15580,"heading":"EU LEADERS MEET WHILE HUNDREDS PROTEST","author":"\"Carlo vive!\"","created":"2002-03-17 00:58:03","modified":"2005-08-15 00:55:16","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:55:16","article":"<p>EU LEADERS MEET WHILE HUNDREDS PROTEST <br>  <br> Fri Mar 15, 2002 <br><br>  <br>  <br> BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish riot police lashed out at anti-capitalist protesters outside an EU summit on Friday as European leaders argued about easing state regulation of their economies in a bid to match America's global dynamism.  <br><br> Hundreds of young activists who accuse their governments of selling out to global big business ran from baton-swinging officers as they tried to gather in Barcelona's downtown port area, several  miles from where EU leaders were meeting within the fortress-like confines of a suburban congress center. Though the first flare-up of violence was quickly quelled, some 8,500 police remained on alert as darkness fell, wary of a repeat of rioting at an international summit in July at Genoa in which a young Italian, Carlo Giuliani, was shot dead by police.  <br><br> \"Carlo vive!\" (Carlo lives) yelled some young activists as they ran down Barcelona's historic Ramblas Avenue. Police said they detained 24 people for minor offences.  <br><br> The summit was protected by Spanish fighter jets.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Spanish riot police lashed out at anti-capitalist protesters outside an EU summit on Friday","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2002\/03\/therulersparty.jpg","filesize":"23.7 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2002\/03\/15580.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2002\/03\/therulersparty.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2002\/03\/therulersparty.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}