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Masked Men Detain Female Protesters in Belarus

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   Thousands of Belarusians demonstrated Saturday in Minsk to demand the
   release of opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, who was jailed this
   week after she resisted expulsion from the country.

   Video broadcast by Polish-funded satellite TV channel Belsat and
   independent outlet Tut.by showed masked Belarusian riot police
   violently detaining at least 40 women who were thrown into vans as
   scuffles erupted in the city's central Freedom Square.

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