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A young man dies as clashes erupt between police and protesting farmers trying to reach New Delhi

By ALTAF QADRI and KRUTIKA PATHI
Associated Press

SHAMBHU, India (AP) — A protester has died as thousands of Indian farmers resumed their march to the capital after talks with the government failed to end an impasse over their demands for guaranteed crop prices. The farmers began their protest march last week but were stopped some 200 kilometers (125 miles) from New Delhi as police fired rounds of teargas. The 21-year-old farmer, identified as Subhkaran Singh, succumbed to a head injury, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. The farmers are demanding legislation guaranteeing minimum prices for 23 crops, loan wavers and the doubling of the money they can make.

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