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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

March 22, 1983

A curfew was clamped on strife-torn areas of India's northeastern state of Assam. The move coincided with a 24-hour general strike called to protest the opening session of the newly elected state assembly. At least 25 were killed in the latest clashes.