Senegal - Ire Over Bid for 3rd Term - NYTimes.com The police sealed off a main square in the capital, Dakar, on Friday and fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting President Abdoulaye Wade's bid to seek a third term in elections this month. The police fought running battles with protesters, who hurled stones, burned trash and set up barricades along avenues in the city center, forcing businesses to close for the afternoon. Opposition leaders say Mr. Wade's bid breaches a law limiting the president to two terms. Mr. Wade has said that his first term should not be counted because the law took effect after he had begun it.