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Sudanese Students Stage Anti-Government Protests

   VOA News  January 30, 2011
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   Sudanese  police  clashed  with  students  Sunday  as  anti-government
   protests broke out in the capital, Khartoum.
   Hundreds  of students took part in the protests, shouting slogans that
   criticized high prices, the government, and President Omar al-Bashir.
   At  least three demonstrations took place, one in central Khartoum and
   two  at  local  universities.   Witnesses  say at one of the schools,
   students threw stones at police, who in turn beat them with batons. Â
   Authorities have reported five arrests.
   The   students   were  responding  to  Internet  pleas  for  peaceful,
   anti-government  rallies.   Organizers said they were inspired by the
   protests   that   toppled   Tunisia's   president   and   the  ongoing
   demonstrations in Egypt.
   The  protests  coincided  with  the  first  official announcement that
   southern Sudan has voted to secede from the north.

   

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