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		</div><p>Several dozen people have died in a stampede in Ethiopia after a religious celebration turned into an anti-government protest that led police to fire tear gas and rubber bullets.</p>
<p>An estimated two million people were attending the annual Irrecha event in Bishoftu town, south-east of the capital Addis Ababa.</p>
<p>The event took place in one of the country&#8217;s most sensitive regions, Oromia, which has seen several months of sometimes deadly protests demanding wider freedoms.</p>
<p>Ethiopia&#8217;s government acknowledged deaths during the event and, through a spokesman, blamed &#8220;people that prepared to cause trouble&#8221; for the chaos.</p>
<p>The spokesman&#8217;s office said many people were taken to hospital but it did not provide any figures.</p>
<p>Witnesses said police dispersed protesters chanting anti-government slogans as they pushed toward a stage where religious leaders were speaking. Some threw rocks and plastic bottles.</p>
<p>As festival goers fled, some were crushed in nearby ditches.</p>
<p>An Associated Press reporter saw people holding up crossed wrists in a popular gesture of anti-government protest and police firing tear gas. The reporter also saw several injured people.</p>
<p>The months of anti-government protests in several parts of Ethiopia and the sometimes harsh government response has raised international concern.</p>
<p>The US recently spoke out against what it called the excessive use of force against protesters.</p>
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