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        NINE CHARGED AFTER VIOLENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST
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     By Nadia Rybarova, Associated Press, 05/19/98 11:42
 
     PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - Nine young people have been
charged with hooliganism after an environmental protest in Prague
ended in looting and clashes with police, officials said today.
   
     Police with batons broke up a crowd of 2,000 stone-throwing
youths Saturday after a peaceful protest on the impact that
multinational corporations have on the environment turned
violent. Twenty-two police officers were injured in the melee.
   
     The mob overturned a police car, looted several shops and
damaged two fast-food restaurants. Police initially detained 64
people, but released most of them Sunday.
   
     A judge ruled today the nine young people, who were charged
with hooliganism and attacking public officials, would remain in
custody during the investigation, police spokeswoman Eva Brozova
said. They face up to three years in prison if convicted.
   
     The Czech Movement for Civic Solidarity and Tolerance, HOST,
said police broke the law by violently breaking up the
demonstration and denying detainees the use of toilets and water,
the CTK news agency reported.
   
     Some environmental organizations, including the Czech branch
of Greenpeace, condemned the violent protest.
   
     The Czechoslovak Anarchist Federation, the U.S.-based
radical environmental group Earth First, and the Moscow-based
Rainbow Keepers were among those organizing the demonstration.
 
     Copyright 1998 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
 
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