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US campus protests decrease after crackdowns, Biden rebuke

A Palestinian woman talks to a group of Philosophy students at an encampment on the University of Valencia campus as part of a protest against the war in the Palestinian territories of Gaza, on May 3, 2024, in Valencia. [AFP]

Pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked US campuses for weeks were more muted Friday after a series of clashes with police, mass arrests and a stern White House directive to restore order.

Police in Manhattan cleared an encampment at New York University after sunrise, with video posted to social media by an official showing protesters exiting their tents and dispersing when ordered to do so.

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