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Swaziland: Security forces tear-gas students

Mbabane : Swaziland | Sep 07, 2011 at 9:48 AM PDT
Source: Examiner
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions says police also fired rubber bullets and tear gas at peaceful protesters in eastern Siteke town on Wednesday. Swazi union leaders were beaten up and South African ones are being deported. In Mbabane, the capital, security forces did not react until students... FULL ARTICLE AT Examiner
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