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Protesters hobble Mobile World Congress traffic

BARCELONA, Spain--University students reportedly protesting education spending cuts held a rally in front of Mobile World Congress today, choking traffic to and from the venue.

A large row of students stood in the roundabout in front of the Fira Barcelona, the event space for Mobile World Congress. Between the protesters and the Fira was a two-deep row of policemen decked out in riot gear.

The protests come as the wireless show--the largest such industry confab in the world--begins to wind down, with it's official end tomorrow. It had already narrowly missed a transit strike that would have halted subway … Read more