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• Thousands Of Tobacco Workers Protest Against EU Subsidy Cuts 

Jump to full article: Agence France Presse (AFP) (fr), 2008-11-19

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Almost 10,000 tobacco and farm workers descended on Brussels Wednesday to protest against plans to cut back their subsidies from the European Union.

The demonstrators, many from Italy, France and Poland, gathered outside the European Council building, as the E.U.'s 27 farm ministers met inside to discuss the agriculture budget.

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