Leaning Tower of Pisa taken by students amid European backlash to education cuts - CSMonitor.com

Leaning Tower of Pisa taken by students amid European backlash to education cuts - CSMonitor.com

Leaning Tower of Pisa taken by students amid European backlash to education cuts

Leaning Tower of Pisa was the target of student protests Thursday in Rome. Earlier this week, students in London clashed with police in demonstrations over fee increases.

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University students sit near the Leaning Tower of Pisa after hanging a banner with writing reading in Italian "No to the Gelmini (Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini) reform" Thursday. some 2,000 Italian university students occupied the Leaning Tower of Pisa to protest education cuts and reforms before parliament.

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Italian students stormed the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Rome's Colosseum and blocked roads and railways Thursday in protest against university reform planned by Silvio Berlusconi's struggling government.

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The measures, currently before parliament, include spending cuts and time limits on research
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