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Sat 11 Nov 2009Palestinian youths breach section of Israel's barrier
NILIN – Masked Palestinian youths breached a six-metre (20ft) section of Israel’s security wall in the occupied West Bank yesterday in a protest marking the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago this month.
While Israeli border guards fired tear gas and a foul-smelling spray from behind the concrete barrier, protesters levered open a space under one the pre-cast panels and used a hydraulic car-jack to topple it out of position.
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