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Dozens detained in anti-corruption protests across Russia

VLADIVOSTOK/YEKATERINBURG, Mar 26 (Reuters) Several dozen people were detained in protests across Russia today, after the opposition urged people to take to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on his website that more than 80 towns and cities across Russia would hold protests on Sunday and that authorities had not sanctioned the majority of the rallies.
The Kremlin said on Friday that plans to hold a protest in the centre of Moscow were an illegal provocation.
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250 cross-border telecom fraud suspects handed to China by Laos

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DPRK top leader guides simulated nuclear counterattack drill

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