Police in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur
have used water cannons and fired tear gas to
break up one of the country's biggest
anti-government rallies in nearly 10 years.
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in
heavy rains to the king's palace demanding
electoral change. Al Jazeera's Hamish
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