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Chile: students strike to improve education
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Protesters in Santiago, Chile, confront police June 1. Cops used tear gas and water cannons and arrested more than 1,000 in an effort to put down student strikes. High school students across the country walked out of classes in May, and again in June, to demand free transit passes, free university entrance exams, and improved education in public schools. Organizers say more than 1 million students joined the latest strike.
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