(AP-Washington Post) Nasser Karimi - Demonstrators chanted "Down with America" outside the former U.S. Embassy and pelted the British diplomatic compound with eggs and tomatoes Thursday in separate rallies. The protests outside the former American Embassy were well-scripted events to mark the anniversary of the 1979 storming of the site - which began a 444-day hostage crisis and severed Washington's ties with Iran. Crowds - including many school children bused to the event - chanted anti-American slogans and taunted effigies of Uncle Sam and President Barack Obama. The anti-British demonstration included the Union Jack going up in flames.
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