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A man, 3rd from left, is detained by police officers in front of a cinema that was a planned protest site in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Jittery Chinese authorities staged a show of force Sunday to squelch a mysterious online call for a ‘Jasmine Revolution’ apparently modeled after pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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