As the Mother Crow mask was sold, one protester shouted: "These are sacred things!"

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"Homeless people will sleep in there in the winter - the welcoming sense is guaranteed, " one protester said.

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But at Sunday's demonstration, one protester, Simon Hughes, a 25-year-old who offers English-language tours of Berlin, said there was little sense in the planned relocation.

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At least one protester was killed in Pakistan on Monday as violent demonstrations were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the country's biggest city, Karachi.

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One protester standing on top of a van called from a megaphone for Mr Berlusconi to explain why those affected by the earthquake had not been given more help.

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"We are here to demonstrate against the Pope's visit and call for a change in the mentality of the Catholic institution which still opposes our right to different ways of loving, " said one protester, Sergi Diaz.

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One female protester outside the court this week had flown in from Turkey.

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One young protester summed up how little impact the reports of Mubarak's health -- and the possibility of his death -- have on many Egyptians.

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Liberal Democrat, Conservative and Green councillors loudly opposed the Labour plan and one anti-cuts protester had to be ejected from the chamber.

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One anti-cull protester I spoke to later that day naturally condemned the decision, but frankly admitted that it was a foregone conclusion given the governing parties' election pledges.

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