国际英语资讯:Hamburg mayor rejects calls to resign after violent G20 protests
<p><span word="BERLIN">BERLIN</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 10-- <span word="Mayor">Mayor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Hamburg">Hamburg</span> <span word="Olaf">Olaf</span> <span word="Scholz">Scholz</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="rejected">rejected</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="resignation">resignation</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="German">German</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="rocked">rocked</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="violent">violent</span> <span word="protests">protests</span> <span word="surrounding">surrounding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="G">G</span>20 <span word="summit">summit</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weekend">weekend</span>.</p><p><span word="Speaking">Speaking</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="German">German</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="night">night</span>, <span word="Scholz">Scholz</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="viewers">viewers</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="intention">intention</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="stepping">stepping</span> <span word="down">down</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>, <span word="Hamburg">Hamburg</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="clearing">clearing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="violent">violent</span> <span word="demonstrations">demonstrations</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="Germany">Germany</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="experienced">experienced</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>.</p><p><span word="Hundreds">Hundreds</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="escalating">escalating</span> <span word="clashes">clashes</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="protestors">protestors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="lasted">lasted</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>. <span word="Masked">Masked</span> <span word="demonstrators">demonstrators</span> <span word="threw">threw</span> <span word="Molotov">Molotov</span> <span word="cocktails">cocktails</span>, <span word="set">set</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cars">cars</span> <span word="ablaze">ablaze</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ransacked">ransacked</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="shops">shops</span>.</p><p><span word="Residents">Residents</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="whom">whom</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="skeptical">skeptical</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="intentions">intentions</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="host">host</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="event">event</span>, <span word="reacted">reacted</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="fury">fury</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="inability">inability</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 20,000 <span word="deployed">deployed</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="officers">officers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="protests">protests</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="spinning">spinning</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="control">control</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="G">G</span>20 <span word="demonstration">demonstration</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="title">title</span> "<span word="welcome">welcome</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hell">hell</span>" <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="night">night</span>, <span word="violent">violent</span> <span word="protestors">protestors</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="roam">roam</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="loot">loot</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Hamburg">Hamburg</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Schanze">Schanze</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="intervened">intervened</span>.</p><p><span word="Appearing">Appearing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="show">show</span> "<span word="Anne">Anne</span> <span word="Will">Will</span>" <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="night">night</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span> <span word="Reinicke">Reinicke</span>, <span word="chairman">chairman</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hamburg">Hamburg</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="union">union</span>, <span word="conceded">conceded</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="ensuring">ensuring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="dignitaries">dignitaries</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summit">summit</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="priority">priority</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="protection">protection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="residents">residents</span>.</p><p><span word="Reinecke">Reinecke</span> <span word="blamed">blamed</span> <span word="politicians">politicians</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Scholz">Scholz</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="officers">officers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="widespread">widespread</span> <span word="destruction">destruction</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>. <span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> "<span word="feared">feared</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>", <span word="he">he</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p>
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