Police beat students at Gaza blockade protest

CAIRO: Baton-wielding riot police clashed with hundreds of students at Cairo University who were protesting on Wednesday against the blockade of the Gaza Strip.About 600 police clashed with 300 students at the downtown campus, an AFP photographer said. At least one demonstrator needed treatment for head wounds.Police entered the campus, the photographer said, despite a court ruling barring them from university grounds.The students were independents or members of different opposition groups,...