Eίδήσεις-Νews-Eλλάδα-World-Reuters:Police, protesters clash in Turkey border town .

Clashes broke out between anti-government protesters and riot police in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli on Saturday. Hundreds of protesters gathered in the streets after twin car bomb attacks killed dozens and wounded many more here a week ago.
They say the government didn't do enough to prevent the attacks or provide security at the border with Syria. The demonstration began peacefully but descended into confrontation and clashes after riot police blocked the road. Reyhanli has seen an influx of thousands of Syrians fleeing the conflict in their country. Cross-border shelling from Syria into Turkey and the Syrian shooting down of a Turkish warplane has also increased friction between Ankara and Damascus. Ankara has blamed Syrian intelligence for orchestrating the bombings - a claim Syria denies.


Firefighters battle to extinguish the flames in this plane's landing gear. The jet, carrying 140 passengers, caught fire while landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on Saturday. A passenger on the aircraft says he saw the plane's wheel burning. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) PLANE PASSENGER DMITRY VISHKEVICH, SAYING: "It turned out that the back left leg of the landing gear was burning, the wheel. The cover was broken. The fire brigade was extinguishing the flames. Some of the people were still evacuating on the ramp, while others were evacuating from the wing." No one was hurt in the incident, the latest in a litany of air traffic accidents in Russia, which holds some of the world's worst air-traffic safety records.


A football fan takes a beating from Spanish riot police. Nearby a car is engulfed in flames. A stark contrast from earlier in the evening when jubilant Atletico Madrid fans were celebrating their team's victory over bitter rivals Real Madrid. Tears were shed as the underdogs claimed their first victory over Real in 14 years. But scuffles soon broke out as fans faced off with police. Rioting in the city centre caused damage to property and several fans suffered injuries.

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