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VENEZUELA: Gunfire erupts at university

Masked gunmen opened fire on students returning from a march in which tens of thousands of Venezuelans denounced President Hugo Chavez’s attempts to expand his power through constitutional changes, Associated Press reports. Officials said at least eight people were injured, including one by gunfire, at the Central University of Venezuela, the country's largest university. Students protested in at least six other cities, and several turned violent with rock-throwing youths clashing with police shooting plastic bullets at demonstrators.

Full report on the Associated Press site