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3rd LD, Writethru: 260 arrested during student protests in Chile

SANTIAGO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Some 260 people were arrested Thursday during protests in Chile convoked by a student organization, police said.

The Association of High School Students is boycotting the Organic Education Law (LGE), which will replace the one inherited from the country's military regime, and urged the government to increase the educational budget.

The protests were especially large in the Chilean capital Santiago and the southern city of Valdivia.

Some 2,000 people participated in the protest in Santiago. The protestors, aged between 14 and 17, received official authorization to march to the Bellas Artes ...

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