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Protesters clash with German police over Stuttgart 21 rail project

Stuttgart 21 Protest: Police are lined up in the Schlossgarten park in Germany
1 October 2010: Police line up in the Schlossgarten park in front of the main train station in Stuttgart, south-western Germany, where forestry workers felled trees intended for the controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project Photograph: Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images
Stuttgart 21 Protest: Forest workers are sawing the trunk of a cut tree in Stuttgart
1 October: Forestry workers saw the trunk of a felled tree intended for the Stuttgart 21 project, which aims to link the south-western city to one of Europe's longest high-speed lines – the 1,500km Magistrale, linking Paris, Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna and Budapest Photograph: Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images
Stuttgart 21 Protest: Felling of trees for Stuttgart 21 project begins in Stuttgart
1 October: Protesters arrange candles in a peace sign while, in the background, workers start felling trees for Stuttgart 21. Part of the project will involve moving the city's main train station underground Photograph: Bernd Weissbrod/EPA
Stuttgart 21 Protest: A child uses a toy water pistol as demonstrators protest in Stuttgart
30 September: A child holds a toy water pistol as protesters demonstrating against Stuttgart 21 face riot police. Organisers said between 5,000 and 10,000 protesters turned out, while police said the number was 1,500-2,000 Photograph: Bernd Weissbrod/AFP/Getty Images
Stuttgart 21 Protest: Demonstrators clash with police during protests in Stuttgart
30 September: Police fire water cannon at demonstrators during protests against Stuttgart 21, leaving at least 116 people injured Photograph: Daniel Maurer/AP
Stuttgart 21 Protest: Demonstrators clash with police during protests in Stuttgart
30 September: Demonstrators try to protect themselves from police water cannon at the Stuttgart 21 protests Photograph: Daniel Maurer/AP
Stuttgart 21 Protest: Demonstrators try to protect themselves against water canons Stuttgart
30 September: A police spokesman said that water cannon and pepper spray was used against demonstrators, but that some protesters threw stones at police Photograph: Daniel Maurer/AP
Stuttgart 21 Protest: Policemen walk through smoke from a flare during a protest in Stuttgart
30 September: Police officers walk through smoke from a flare during the Stuttgart 21 protest Photograph: Michael Dalder/REUTERS
Stuttgart 21 Protest: Protest against Stuttgart 21 project
September 30: German police try to remove protesters staging a sit-in against the Stuttgart 21 project Photograph: Uwe Anspach/EPA
Stuttgart 21 Protest: Police clash with demonstrators protesting a railway project in Stuttgart
30 September: Police clash with demonstrators protesting against Stuttgart 21. German chancellor Angela Merkel threw her weight behind the project this week, saying that national credibility is on the line over the project's completiohn Photograph: Daniel Kopatsch/AP
Stuttgart 21 Protest: Protestor sits in a tree showing a protest banner for Stuttgart 21
30 September: A young woman sits in a tree showing a protest banner against Stuttgart 21 Photograph: Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images
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