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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nismok" data-source="post: 6664237" data-attributes="member: 109094">COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan police  used tear gas to disperse government supporters and thousands of  opposition protesters demonstrating against the arrest of the losing  presidential candidate on Wednesday.<img src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2010/2/10/1265798352467/Supporters-of-General-Sar-001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />At least eight people were injured when  opposition and ruling party supporters clashed at the protest outside  the island nation's Supreme Court, officials said.Former army commander General Sarath Fonseka  was arrested by military police on Monday on charges of engaging in  politics against his president while still in uniform.Fonseka lost by an 18 percentage point  margin to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a January poll, after which he  accused his former commander-in-chief of rigging the vote."We came here to do a peaceful protest  against the arrest of General (Fonseka), but government thugs attacked  us," said K.H. Indrani, a supporter of Fonseka."They stoned us and attacked with clubs and  even threw glass bottles at us in front of these police force," she  said, pointing at riot police.Police  were not available for comment while a nurse at the main hospital said  eight people were being treated for injuries."Eight  people are being treated at the Colombo national hospital for  injuries," said Pushpa Soysa, the head nurse.Sri  Lanka's newly-re-elected president has dissolved parliament and called  elections on April 8, hoping to cash in on his popularity following the  end of the 25-year war against Tamil separatists.(Editing by <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=sugita.katyal&" target="_blank">Sugita  Katyal</a>) <img src="http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20100210/470_ap_sri_lanka_100210.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    A Sri Lankan police officer drinking water is  seen through the broken glass of a vehicle during a street clash in  Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Eranga  Jayawardena)</blockquote>

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