Far-right rioters leave trail of destruction in Polish capital

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By Marcin Goettig and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish police used rubber bullets on Monday to break up groups of masked far-right youths who threw firecrackers and set fire to cars when a nationalist march through the center of the capital turned violent. The march is an annual event to commemorate Poland's national independence day, and for the third year in a row it broke down into running battles in the middle of Warsaw between rioters and riot police. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said what should have been a holiday had been ruined by acts of aggression and violence.

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