Mass arrests as police kill 36 in clashes

THOUSANDS of people have been arrested across Ethiopia after violent clashes in which police killed 36 people, a New York-based human rights group reported yesterday.

The political unrest prompted Britain yesterday to suspend a planned $54.1 million increase in aid to Ethiopia, one of the world's poorest countries.

Human Rights Watch said student activists and opposition supporters were rounded up in a crackdown after last week's fighting.