Dozens killed in crackdown

    Security forces in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan say they have killed dozens of anti-government rioters in the main city, Almaty.

    They moved in after protesters tried to take control of police stations in the city, a police spokeswoman said.

    Twelve members of the security forces have been killed and 353 injured in the unrest, sparked by a doubling in the cost of liquefied petroleum gas 

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