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Students in Sudan protest over high food prices

Sudanese riot police on Sunday used tear gas and batons to disperse a student protest in Khartoum against the government and high prices, witnesses said.

Such protests are rare in Sudan but anger has been rising over high food prices and government plans to cut fuel subsidies to plug a ballooning deficit - a move that would hit the poor. Inflation is running at 30 percent.

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