Tuesday, December 11, 2007

24 Hours Vancouver - News: 2010 foes targeting Olympic sponsor

24 Hours Vancouver - News: 2010 foes targeting Olympic sponsor: "Click here to find out more! 24 Hours Home Cloudy 1oC News Entertainment Lifestyle Fashion Business Sports Photo Galleries Columnists Dating Contests On Your Mind Discovery Catch Fishing Click here to find out more! On CANOE.CA Auctions Autonet.ca Vancouver Top 20 CD's Classifieds Canucks B.C. Lions 2010 Games Horoscopes Crosswords Comics Lotteries TV Listings Movie Listings Weather 24 Hours Contact Us Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Other Cities 2010 foes targeting Olympic sponsor ROYAL BANK OF CANADA By BOB MACKIN, 24 HOURS Anarchists are targeting the 2010 Winter Olympics official bank with a campaign of vandalism. A 'small group of anarchists' damaged windows of the Royal Bank of Canada branch at Hastings and Nanaimo with 'fist-sized stones' on Sept. 29, according to an anonymous message on no2010.com. 'Exceptionally large pieces of pavement' were hurled through windows on Dec. 8 at the Commercial and First branch, according to an anonymous posting on the U.S. anarchist blog infoshop.org. Both messages contained seething opposition to the 2010 Games and capitalism in general. The newest posting listed 12 Vancouver branches and one in"

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