PLEASE NOTE THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> Clashes break out between riot police and protesters in the Romanian capital, on the fourth day of demonstrations against government austerity measures.<br/> Over 50 people needed medical assistance.<br/> The protests began on Thursday in support of the deputy health minister who resigned over a draft healthcare reform bill.<br/> The cabinet withdrew the bill the next day but this did little to appease the demonstrators.<br/> People returned to the streets to show their general anger at spending cuts and a fall in living standards.<br/> While the nation's prime minister called for calm, the opposition called for the president's resignation.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY PRESIDENT, CRIN ANTONESCU, SAYING (Romanian) :<br/> "The political solution is organising early elections. People on the streets everywhere in Romania -- from Bucharest to Timisoara from Constanta to Cluj -- are asking for the president's resignation, the government's resignation; changing a parliament that totally compromised itself in the eyes of the citizens, voters and public opinion of Romania."<br/> The government has taken measures needed under the two year aid deal led by the IMF to shore up the nations finances and stabilise the currency.<br/> But the measures have been deeply unpopular as the countrys' economy recovers from a two-year recession.<br/> Marie-Claire Fennessy, Reuters
