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Thich Huyen Quang, the patriarch of an outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam who spent more than two decades in and out of house arrest, died Saturday after months of ailing health. He was 87.
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Cuban dissidents Hector Palacios, left, and Gisela Delgado, second left, who are married, speak to reporters and members of Puerto Rico’s Cuban community at a news conference in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, June 10 2008. Palacios, who was jailed in...
