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Police officers detain Amira Bouraoui leader of the "Barakat" (Enough) movement during a demonstration against election and Algerian President Abdulaziz Bouteflika's decision to run for a fourth term, in Algiers on 16 April 2014, REUTERS/Louafi Larbi

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