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Police clear pro-Palestinian camps at three US universities

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Students occupy the campus Columbia University on Friday, calling for the school to divest from companies with ties to Israel. [AFP]

Police detained nearly 200 people at three US universities on Saturday as they cleared pro-Palestinian encampments, in the latest campus clashes triggered by protests over Israel's war against Hamas.

On the East Coast, police in Boston detained about 100 people while clearing a protest camp at Northeastern University, with social media posts showing security forces in riot gear and officers loading tents onto the back of a truck.

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