Stuttgart 21 Protests Continue

STUTTGART, GERMANY - OCTOBER 06: Activists sit around tents among some of the nearly 300 trees slated for removal in the Schlosspark next to Hauptbahnhof train station on October 6, 2010 in Stuttgart, Germany. The trees and a portion of the station are to be removed as part of the Stuttgart 21 train station project, which will replace Stuttgart's current above-ground main station with a more efficient underground station. Tens of thousands of opponents are protesting the plan, and tensions have heightened following clashes with police that turned violent on September 30. Earlier today Baden-Wuerttemberg Governor Stefan Mappus announced that removal of the trees would be halted for now and that Christian Democrat (CDU) Heiner Geissler will be commissioned to mediate between the protesters and local government officials. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)