Australian Aborigines "attack" PM
Police have rescued Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard from angry Aboriginal protesters who were demonstrating on Australia Day against European settlers' “centuries-long persecution of the Aborigines.” - Scores of police escorted Gillard and the leader of the opposition Tony Abbott from the capital Canberra's Lobby restaurant after it was surrounded by around two hundred Aboriginal protesters. Gillard appeared distressed as she was pulled away from the encirclement of protesters but escaped unhurt.
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