Italian students hold anti-government protests
ROME — Students took to the streets across Italy on Wednesday amid heavy security to protest against a radical reform of the university system planned by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government.
The rallies came just over a week after protest clashes in the centre of Rome that injured nearly 200 people and saw cars set alight and tear gas fired in some of the most tourist-heavy streets of the Italian capital.
Protest organisers on Wednesday said they would avoid a confrontation with police by steering clear of the "palaces of power" in the city centre.
A student delegation was set to meet with President Giorgio Napolitano later on Wednesday to
