Croatian capital hosts peaceful gay pride parade after earlier violence

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18.06.2011
An annual gay pride parade in Zagreb passed largely without incident on Saturday. It came a week after violence marred a similar event in the country's second-largest city, Split.

Croation authorities say an annual gay pride parade in the capital Zagreb on Saturday took place largely without incident.

Some 1,000 people took part in the parade with hundreds of policemen in riot gear surrounding them. There were only a few problems: Nine people were detained for making verbal insults, authorities said....more...
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