Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Al Jazeera's corrections and
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Clashes have erupted near Brussels Central station on the sidelines of a demonstration organised by the country’s socialist trade union against the federal government’s austerity plans.
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Clashes → erupt → plans
As thousands of protesters gathered at the station on Friday, a smaller group clashed with the police and threw wooden beams, glass bottles and rubbish bins, The Belgian Times reported.
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Times → gather → beams
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Police were deployed in large numbers around the stations as officers checked groups of young people not wearing trade union colours.
Police said the main trade union rally went ahead peacefully but “groups of troublemakers were responsible for serious incidents before and after the march.”
Riot police responded to those protesters with tear gas, water cannon and baton charges.
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police → face → gas
Police said those who “cause the problems of public order are not linked” to the rally.
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who → say → rally
Reporting from Brussels, Al Jazeera’s Rosie Birchard said damage was caused during Friday morning’s protests with an “acrid smell of burning in the air”, due to fires that were set and the tear gas.
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that → report → fires
“Police [and] emergency services have been arriving, starting to disperse or clean up and then the protests flare up again.
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protests → arrive → ?
So the day is still early; often these things get worse in the evening in terms of the street violence,” Birchard explained.
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Birchard → get → violence
“There were some young people who came out, they say they were inspired by what they had seen in France in terms of school protests, and they also wanted to talk about the education environment they’re learning in,” she said, adding that the students felt that they were “not being listened to”.
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they → be → environment
The clashes came after a week of tension in the city of Liege after authorities banned gatherings as students clashed with police and vandalised shops.
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students → come → shops
More than 200 people were arrested in Liege, and dozens of police were injured.
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dozens → arrest → police
The ABVV trade union and the Christian ACV, the country’s two biggest unions, organised protests on Friday morning, with protesters marching from Brussels Central station to Brussels South Station under the slogan “stay out of our pockets”.
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protesters → organise → pockets
Police said about 30,000 people attended the demonstrations, while ABVV had earlier estimated attendance at 50,000.
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ABVV → say → 50,000
The anger stems from the government’s austerity measures, as officials consider a new budget that opposes potential measures that affect purchasing power, the wage indexation system and value-added tax (VAT), as well as plans to introduce annualised working time.
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that → stem → time
At the same time, the ACV organised a separate protest involving hundreds of activists at the capital’s headquarters of the governing coalition parties.
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ACV → organise → parties
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