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 KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Riot police fired tear gas and beat demonstrators with batons as thousands protested delays to Congo's first postwar presidential elections. At least six died in violence nationwide, the United Nations said.
Several thousand demonstrators carrying white banners of the main opposition party marched toward parliament in the capital Kinshasa, fists held high and waving palm branches.
Riot police armed with Kalashnikovs fired tear gas volleys and gave chase as the crowds scattered. They ran into surrounding neighborhoods, dragging out demonstrators and beating them.
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