Australians protest with 'vindaloo against violence' in solidarity with Indians...

Politicians, police and thousands of ordinary Australians sat down at Indian restaurants across the nation Wednesday for "Vindaloo Against Violence", a mass dining protest against racial attacks.

More than 17,000 people registered to participate in the grassroots campaign, which went viral -- and global -- from humble beginnings as a 100-person event on social networking site Facebook.

Organiser Mia Northrop, 35, said she'd received event notifications from as far afield as Tajikistan, with people set to down a curry in Tokyo, Amsterdam, New York and Stockholm in solidarity with the cause. More...

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