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MOSCOW — The tiny, poverty-racked European nation of Moldova slipped into chaos Tuesday as thousands of stone-hurling youths, demonstrating against what they said were rigged elections, overran parliament in the capital city of Chisinau.
Police were unable to keep an estimated 10,000 protesters from ransacking the building that houses the legislature and storming offices of President Vladimir Voronin. It was unclear whether Voronin was in the building,
Fueling the violence were allegations by opposition leaders that Voronin’s Communist-led government had falsified legislative elections in a bid to maintain power.
