Padua students go on strike against austerity cuts

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities. A student holds a flare in protest.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities. A man is restrained on the ground during the protest.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities. A student holds a flare in protest.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities. Police watch on with shields as pink flares go up in the protest.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities. A police officer glances round during the demonstration.

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Students and teachers go on strike with placards and banners against cuts to school and universities.

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Tens of thousands of Italian school children and students have taken to the streets countrywide to express their anger over austerity measures imposed by Prime Minister Mario Monti's government.