Police in Moscow Overpower Opposition Rally

MOSCOW, April 14 -- Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov and at least 170 other anti-Kremlin activists were detained Saturday after hundreds of riot police sealed off Moscow's Pushkin Square and clubbed some protesters to prevent a banned opposition rally and march.
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Peter Finn

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