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Protesting S. Korean lawmakers scuffle with guards
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-01-03 20:12
 
 
Members of opposition parties push office furniture to be used as a barricade to block a doorway of the National Assembly plenary session hall in Seoul, January 3, 2009. Opposition Democratic Party lawmakers have been occupying the Chairman's seat in the plenary session hall since December 26, 2008 to block the ruling, conservative Grand National Party lawmakers who want to pass disputed bills which include a US trade deal as well as easing rules on bank ownership, on tapping mobile phones and on broadcasting company ownership by conglomerates and conservative print media firms. [Agencies]