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May 23, 2011

Obama Visits Europe, G8 Protests Begin 
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President Obama has kicked off a four-nation tour of Europe, his first
foreign trip since the death of Osama bin Laden. Obama is in Ireland
today, followed by Britain, France and Poland. Protests are already
under away in France, where Obama will join other heads of state for the
G8 summit. On Saturday, thousands of people marched in the French town
of Le Havre, just miles from the summit site.

Protester: "We would like things to change, for example how wealth needs
to be better distributed between the countries on our planet, and that
is why we are here, to say that the citizens, the people of the world
have the right to speak up and, as next week they will not have the
opportunity to speak at all in all the planned meetings, that's why
we're here today."



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