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 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Riot police used a water cannon Saturday to break up a noisy but peaceful street protest in downtown Seoul against a proposed free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States.
Police armed with shields and truncheons fired several bursts from a water cannon into the crowd of about 2,000 protesters, mostly farmers, workers and students, after they ignored a warning to disperse as temperatures dropped to freezing in early evening.
Some scuffles broke out as police pushed the demonstrators back, but there appeared to be no major injuries on either side. Some in the crowd began to disperse, while others eventually marched away.
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