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 Hundreds of pro-Russian activists surrounded a police station in the southern port city of Odessa on May 4, calling for the release of their comrades detained after a fire and fighting killed more than 40. "They are just standing there and shouting for us to release the detainees," a spokesman for the regional police said.

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