October 14, 2001	Sunday	Rajab 26, 1422

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BERLIN, Oct 13: Tens of thousands of people held peaceful protests across Germany on Saturday against the US air strikes on Afghanistan.

Police estimated around 25,000 people were involved, but organizers insisted the total was nearer 60,000.

In London, too, thousands of Muslims and Christians attended a rally in protest against the attacks.

The main events in Germany took place in the capital, Berlin, and in the southeastern city of Stuttgart, with other smaller protests in Bonn and in Wuppertal, western Germany.

LONDON: Thousands of people, including members of Muslim and Christian groups, staged a march through central London on Saturday to protest the bombing of Afghanistan.

“We’re here because there are thousands of people across Britain who know that the bombing of Afghanistan is not going to put an end to terrorism,” Carol Naughton, chairman of the protest organizers, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), said.

“It’s not going to bring Osama bin Laden to justice. People who commit terrorist acts must be brought to justice through international law,” she said.—AFP\Reuters