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Iranian Opposition Groups: Police Arrest 5 Prominent Activists
Opposition Web sites say three advisers to Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi were detained, including his top aide
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Efforts by Burmese authorities to persuade the first of about 15,000 affected Kachin villagers to move to new homes to make way for a hydro-electric dam project are meeting with resistance. |
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By ARKAR MOE |
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By JERRY HARMER |
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