Members of Rabha tribe stand with sticks and brooms protesting local election

Members of the Rabha tribe stand with sticks and brooms block a road protesting a local government election in Goalpara district, 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Gauhati, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Violent clashes killed 11 people Tuesday when the tribe in India, fearing the government was infringing on its autonomy, protested a local government election in the northeastern state of Assam, police said.

Security personnel stand guard in front of a college where a police officer was shot and killed in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Rival student union members of a local college clashed over election issues killing the police officer during an exchange of gunfire, according to a news agency. <AP Photo>