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Columbia suspends students after call to end Gaza camp unheeded

Texas University policemen arrest a pro-Palestinian demonstrator at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 29, 2024. [AFP]

Student demonstrators at Columbia University, the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted at US colleges, began to be suspended on Monday after defying an ultimatum to disperse.

Authorities at the prestigious university in New York demanded that the protest encampment be cleared by 2:00 pm (1800 GMT) or students would face disciplinary action.

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