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Venezuela students protest against Supreme Court ruling
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35716100Venezuelan students clashed with police in the western city of San Cristobal on Wednesday.
The students were protesting against a ruling by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The court curtailed the power of the opposition-controlled National Assembly to review government appointments of Supreme Court justices.
The clashes come at a time of rising tension between the opposition and the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro.