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VENEZUELA-POLITICS-OPPOSITION-PROTEST

Journalists take shelter behind a tree during clashes between the National Police and anti-government activists protesting against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, on March 20, 2014. Venezuela upped pressure on the opposition Wednesday after weeks of protests, arresting two mayors including one in the town where they started and seeking a probe of a prominent anti-government lawmaker. Authorities said the death toll from the protests rose to at least 30 after a policeman died trying to break up a protest in the western city of San Cristobal, where the demos began February 4. AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO