Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature
AFP
MANAGUA- Hurling homemade explosives, hundreds of Nicaraguan students attacked the country's legislature Tuesday over government plans to cut university funding, lawmakers said.
The explosives caused only minor damage when they were thrown at the building that houses the Nicaraguan Congress, said lawmaker Francisco Aguirre.
Students on Tuesday marched to the legislature building to oppose government plans to cut funding for public universities as set out in the draft budget for 2010, said National Universities Council leader Telemaco Talavera.
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