VILNIUSAnger and indignation boiled over on Lithuania's political scene, culminating in a major demonstration against the ouster of Vilnius Mayor Arturas Zuokas and a well respected police chief. The sudden removal on April 9 of the young and dynamic Zuokas in place of 64-year-old Gediminas Pavirzis, a little-known figure from the Social Democratic Party, caught the nation's elite and public unexpectedly, and many moved to defend the popular mayor.Tensions mounted further when, on the same day, the country's media outlets reported a controversial supporter in President Rolandas Paksas' camp...
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