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Belarussian plainclothes policemen detain an opposition activist ...
Oct 25th, 2011
(Reuters) - Belarussian plainclothes policemen detain an opposition activist during a protest to demand the freeing of political prisoners in Minsk October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Julia Darashkevich (BELARUS - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) -
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