Detainees face off against guards

Monday, April 22, 2002

PERTH, Australia -- More than 300 detainees armed with knives and sharpened broomsticks were in a standoff against security guards Sunday night at an illegal-immigrant detention center in Australia's remote northwest, officials said.

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