41. Student rallies and riots over price increases this month hastened his exit. 42. Student rallies for political and economic reform have grown in size and frequency in recent weeks. 43. The daily is printed on brown paper and crammed with news reports on student rallies, interviews and an editorial. 44. The other is the university campuses which have been the scene of student rallies demanding essential economic and political reform to solve the crisis gripping the country. 45. The unrest came just one day after a violent student rally in the North Sumatran capital. 46. There was no visible police presence around the student rally. 47. This situation -- combined with the lamentably harsh way security officers have handled the student rallies -- has resulted in more people being pushed deeper into the darkness. 48. This statement was retracted yesterday but the student rallies yesterday were mostly to voice opposition against having to wait another five years. 49. Two more student rallies are planned next week. 50. In its statement the government also said it had ordered security forces to open fire if a student rally planned for Tuesday in Kinshasa gets out of control. |
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