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Violent Confrontation: No Brainer

G20 Dept: There were drums, chanting, loud speeches and many detentions by police, according to The Chronicle Herald. But unlike last summer s demonstrations in Toronto, where destruction and violent confrontation were the order of the day, this event was downright sedate and oTTAWA AS PROTESTS GO, it was the antithesis of the G20 in Toronto. Several hundred people showed up on Parliament Hill on Monday to protest the Keystone XL pipeline and the expansion of the oilsands. ALSO SEE Editorial: Pipeline a 'no-brainer' Kansas critics call pipeline 'direct threat' (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.