Workers take to Monaco streets in rare protest

At least 1,500 protestors took to the streets of the principality of Monaco on Thursday to denounce job losses and deteriorating economic conditions.

In a rare show of discontent in a place famed for millionaires and celebrity residents, musicians from Monaco's philharmonic orchestra, civil servants and gardeners who tend to public parks marched side by side in a protest that lasted several hours. "Given the size (of Monaco) and given some 40,000 workers in total, it was a good performance," USM union spokesman Alex Falce said. (Reuters)