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    From the AP, as run by themoscowtimes.com and others today and in the last few days, from Felix's homeland of Belarus:

    'Iron Felix' Bronze Unveiled

    MINSK -- A monument to the founder of the Soviet secret police, Felix Dzerzhinsky, was unveiled Friday in Minsk, provoking protests from human rights defenders and opposition politicians.

    The 3.20-meter bronze, an exact copy of the statue of "Iron Felix" that pro-democracy crowds tore down from its pedestal opposite KGB headquarters in Moscow in 1991, now occupies a spot inside the grounds of the Military Academy. (AP)

    The more things change, the more they remain the same.

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