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Posted: August 15, 2009 at 5:23 a.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY "I'll defend the rights of the people as long as I'm alive, and you can't stop my tongue, hand and pen." Mahdi Karroubi, a senior Iranian opposition leader, in claiming that some protesters detained after the June 12 elections were sexually assaulted by their jailers.
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