In Tunis, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who had gathered outside the interior ministry.

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Burmese police fired military-issue white phosphorus grenades to disperse protesters at a controversial copper mine, a new report says.

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Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters who threw stones and vandalised buildings, the BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan reports from Dhaka.

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