As many as 20 dead in political unrest in Ethiopia

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 8, SPA -- Ethiopian security forcesopened fire Wednesday on stone-throwing protesters in thecentral business district, leaving 20 people dead, theindependent Ethiopian Human Rights Council said. An Associated Press reporter saw 11 bodies in a room inthe capital's main hospital, at least four with gunshotwounds to the head, and was told they were only some of thecasualties from a third day of protests in the capital overelection results. Doctors at another hospital reportedreceiving two bodies. Abebe Terfe, executive secretary of the Ethiopian HumanRights Council, said a total of 20 people were killed inthe clashes in the capital, Addis Ababa, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA1330 Local Time 1030 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/268376

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