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<v Speaker 1>On This Day and Working Class History the tenth of

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<v Speaker 1>January and on the tenth of January two thousand and three,

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<v Speaker 1>university students in Bongie in the Central African Republic battles

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<v Speaker 1>police in the streets in protest are the government not

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<v Speaker 1>paying their scholarship grants. Students were entitled to ninety thousand

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<v Speaker 1>cfa francs every three months, but they hadn't been paid

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<v Speaker 1>since the previous academic year. The students burned tires and

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<v Speaker 1>wood in the streets and stoned cars headed for a

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<v Speaker 1>government conference. Police and soldiers fired tear gas and gunshots,

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<v Speaker 1>and a local newspaper reported that police had killed two students,

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<v Speaker 1>although this was denied by the government. The sources, maps

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<v Speaker 1>and all of our anniversaries each day. Check out the

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<v Speaker 1>on this Day section of our stories at at stories

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<v Speaker 2>Patroon dot com slash working class History. Links in the

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<v Speaker 2>show notes theme music by Dicardo Ada. See you Tomorrow.