Tens of thousands protest in capital
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Police in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, used water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters in one of the nation’s biggest anti-government rallies in nearly a decade. Police arrested at least a dozen people as tens of thousands of protesters, led by opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim, marched in heavy rain to the king’s palace to demand changes to the country’s electoral system.
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