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| Myanmar student protesters clash with riot police | Myanmar student protesters clash with riot police |
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| Student protesters in Myanmar are clashing with riot police in Letpadan, 140km (100 miles) north of Yangon. | |
| Several hundred students are trying to break through police lines preventing them continuing a march south. | Several hundred students are trying to break through police lines preventing them continuing a march south. |
| The students say they want changes to be made to a new bill which they say centralises control over higher education. | The students say they want changes to be made to a new bill which they say centralises control over higher education. |
| Tensions have been rising in Letpadan since last week, after police gave them a deadline to disperse. | Tensions have been rising in Letpadan since last week, after police gave them a deadline to disperse. |
| But there had been reports of negotiations since then, and earlier on Tuesday a breakthrough agreement between the two sides was announced. | But there had been reports of negotiations since then, and earlier on Tuesday a breakthrough agreement between the two sides was announced. |
| The students were granted permission to continue on their journey to Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city and former capital. | The students were granted permission to continue on their journey to Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city and former capital. |
| Myanmar's Irrawaddy newspaper reports that despite this deal, conflict broke out when authorities refused to allow student flags to be hoisted. | Myanmar's Irrawaddy newspaper reports that despite this deal, conflict broke out when authorities refused to allow student flags to be hoisted. |
| Some 200 students are attempting to push through several hundred police officers and several have fainted or have cut themselves on the barbed wire barricades, the newspaper says. | Some 200 students are attempting to push through several hundred police officers and several have fainted or have cut themselves on the barbed wire barricades, the newspaper says. |
| The changes to the new education law called for by the students include decentralising the school system, giving students the right to form unions and teaching in ethnic minority languages. | The changes to the new education law called for by the students include decentralising the school system, giving students the right to form unions and teaching in ethnic minority languages. |