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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopian authorities have arrested hundreds of opposition supporters in recent days leading up to a major opposition rally that had been planned for this weekend, government opponents said Thursday.
They said the rally has now been postponed because the government placed conditions for it to be held.
Beginning Sept. 19, authorities had arrested 859 opposition members across the country and security forces had killed one opposition member in the Amhara region, 250 miles south of the capital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's two main opposition groups said in a statement.
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