81. Security surrounding the eight-day trial was tight in this southern German spa town, with armed police patrolling the court building and conducting body searches. 82. Sharpshooters will be posted around the court building, where Iranian opposition groups plan to demonstrate while the verdict is being read. 83. Small groups of Pinochet supporters waving Chilean flags cheered, applauded and embraced across the street from the court building after the ruling was announced. 84. Some of the plaintiffs staged a sit-in in the lobby of the court building after the decision was announced, protesting and singing songs. 85. Special military forces toting machine guns were deployed around the court building and some streets were closed. 86. Supreme Court and city police officers led away protesters who sat in the street or jumped a barrier and went onto the plaza in front of the court building. 87. Supreme Court justices will return to the court building Friday, a week after it was shuttered by the spread of anthrax. 88. The court building remained closed to the public as it has been since a small amount of anthrax was found in the basement mailroom. 89. The crowds also set fire to a court building, cars, Christian schools, shops, other churches and a Buddhist temple. 90. The diplomats were allowed into the court building during the preliminary hearing Wednesday, but were not allowed to actually see the four men. |
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