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Australia Investigates Treatment of Journalists at US Protest

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   Australia's foreign ministery Tuesday said it would investigate an
   assault by U.S. police and security forces on two Australian television
   journalists outside the White House as U.S. President Trump had the
   area cleared for a photo opportunity.

   Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she has asked the Australian Embassy
   in Washington to investigate the incident in which the journalists can
   be seen on video being slammed with a riot shield, punched and hit with
   a baton while broadcasting from the protest.

   Video showed Australian TV reporter Amelia Brace being clubbed with a
   truncheon and cameraman Tim Myers being hit with a riot shield and
   punched in the face by police clearing Washington's Lafayette Square of
   protesters Monday. The square is directly across the street from the
   White House.

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