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BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers clashed with police in Belgium on Monday, spraying officers with liquid manure and throwing eggs and flares at them in a fresh show of force as the European Union's agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address the protesters' concerns. The farmers are angry at red tape and competition from cheap imports from countries where the EU's relatively high standards do not have to be met. Brussels police said that 900 tractors had entered the city, many bearing down on the European Council building where the ministers...