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Venezuela detains dozens of anti-government protesters
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27418802Police in Venezuela have detained at least 80 demonstrators who were demanding the release of those arrested in recent anti-government protests.
Hundreds of people, mostly students, had marched peacefully through the streets of the capital Caracas.
But security forces later clashed with a group of demonstrators who threw stones and home-made explosives, and tried to erect barricades.
More than 40 people have been killed during three months of unrest