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Moroccan Protesters, Police Clash in Poor Mining Town

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Moroccan protesters clashed Wednesday with security forces in a poor mining town where residents have been demanding government help to tackle poverty, officials and activists said. The town of Jerada in the remote northeast has seen protests since two miners were killed in an accident in December, but demonstrations calling for state aid and alternative jobs had remained peaceful until now. On Wednesday, protesters set five police cars on fire and clashed with police, a local official...

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