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A Tunisian protester gestures towards a police officer during a demonstration outside Mornaguia jail calling for the liberation of Sami Fehri, TV producer and director of Ettounsiya Television, in Tunis December 24, 2012. REUTERS/Anis Mili (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY) — A Tunisian protester gestures toward a police officer during a demonstration outside Mornaguia jail calling for the liberation of Sami Fehri, TV producer and director of Ettounsiya Television, in Tunis December 24, 2012. — REUTERS/Anis Mili

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