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Hundreds of farmers have attacked a village, killing at least 48 people in southeastern Kenya in an escalation of clashes between the farming and pastoral communities over land and resources, an official said. Some people were burned to death in their houses, while others were hacked to death or shot with arrows, said Tana River region police chief Joseph Kavoo on Wednesday. [CBC]
Thousands of students in the city of Montreal have resumed protests. Students are marching against the planned tuition increases, focusing on trying to effect change in the upcoming election. [Al Jazeera]
Forty-eight hours after South African police killed 34 striking miners last Thursday, Julius Malema showed up at the Lonmin platinum mine north of Johannesburg to assign the blame. [Winnipeg Free Press]