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DRC: Two wounded as police open fire to disperse hundreds of demonstrating students Mon. May 12, 2008 02:19 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) In an incident that wounded two people, police opened fire to disperse hundreds of demonstrating students at Kinshasa University on Friday, a university official said. According to reports, the students were protesting against a strike by teachers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and had stoned teachers' cars before police intervened. Two students may have been shot in the leg, university official said. The official said one was a second-year medical student, but that details on the second had not come through. Students are angry because teachers have been on strike for three months over a wage battle which has forced the postponement of exams. - Sapa-AFP News Category: Africa Latest Headlines Latest News Iraqi: Law maker killed in bomb attack ... Pakistan: Roadside bomb kills 11 in Pakistan US to revise North Korea's terrorism blacklist status... Belgium: 500 kilos of cocaine found in tuna shipment<... Nigeria: Senior official not guilty over $40 million... Ethiopia: 4.6 million Ethiopian now need emergency ... Africa: AU chairman urges world not to cut aid to Af... DR Congo: Gov’t asks UN council to meet on Rwandan i... South Africa: ANC likely to split says leading dissi... Libya cuts oil supplies to Switzerland ... More News...