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Organisers said 65,000 farmers gathered to protest against World Trade Organisation (WTO) policies aimed at opening up the rice market and South Korea's plan to forge a free trade agreement (FTA) with Chile. Police put the crowd at 35,000.

Local media reports said police confiscated thousands of clubs, iron pipes and gas tanks before the march, helping to avert heavy violence.�Straits Times Nov.21.03