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Bangladesh Students, Police Clash

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 12:45:24 PM
By PARVEEN AHMED

Riot police officers chase protesting Dhaka University students during a demonstration demanding the withdrawal of security forces from the university campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007. Riot police fired tear gas at hundreds of stone-throwing students who took to the streets for a second day Tuesday in defiance of emergency rules, triggered by a dispute between students and soldiers earlier Monday during a soccer match on the Dhaka University campus. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The Bangladesh government ordered soldiers to leave a university campus Tuesday, after two days of clashes between student protesters and police left more than 150 injured, officials and news reports said.

Police were among about 100 people hurt in Monday's clashes at Dhaka University campus, local media reported.

The student protests — in defiance of emergency rules — were triggered by a dispute between students and soldiers earlier Monday during a soccer match on the campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, said university official A.F.M. Haider.


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