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Kuwait police fire tear gas at stateless protesters

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Saturday, 19 February 2011 15:34 GMT

KUWAIT, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Kuwaiti police fired tear gas at 300 stateless Arabs demanding citizenship at a protest in a village outside Kuwait City on Saturday, a human rights activist said.

Maha al-Barjas, of the Kuwaiti Human Rights Society, said seven people had been wounded in the clashes. (Reporting by Kuwait newsroom; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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