Disclosure: There are a number of people on the Square team that I consider friends.
For others, simply being on the square for the historic occasion was what mattered.
And you can hear some of their songs on the Square the Moon website.
Plenty more Belarusians sympathise with the demonstrators than are willing to face the temperatures and truncheons on the square.
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The previous government introduced legislation to severely limit the right to protest on the square and in the gardens opposite Parliament.
Out on the square itself, philosophy student Oscar Carrera from southern Spain stood frowning in the rain as the bell stood silent.
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The proposed regulations would portion "light trucks" into six categories based on the square footage of the vehicle, or its so-called footprint.
Last man out Kwebiha was then caught by Moneeb Iqbal off Stander on the square-leg boundary leaving Asadu Seiga not out on eight.
Mr Haw, who is the only person legally permitted to protest on the square without prior permission, said he was being persecuted by authorities.
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Even after hardliners had all but toppled Mr Zhao, Mr Wen appeared with his boss in an unscheduled visit to the demonstrators on the square.
The Arfon Access Group's secretary, Vin West, said things had improved since the group complained in 2008 about a lack of consultation when the work on the square began.
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The Church could not take sides over the elections, he said, because it had members "among both those on the square and those who were being opposed on the square".
Seeking more news, people gathered around the large screens permanently set up on the Square where the press conference held by the Vatican's spokesman was played over and over again.
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Some of the marchers on Wednesday wished to commemorate 34 people killed during a May Day protest on the square in 1977, when unknown demonstrators fired shots into the air, sparking panic.
Our neighborhood cafe welcomes us on winter evenings at the zinc bar, and on starry summer nights on the terrace on the square, which we share with tourists as the weather warms.
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Before I left the Philippines to visit China in 1971, I was a student activist, just like those hunger strikers on the square, angry about social injustice and yearning for an ideal world.
Chris Slocock, of the Wimborne Business Improvement District, said businesses had suffered from disruption during work on The Square and the Canford Bottom roundabout, but said he hoped some sort of event could still happen.
Mr West, who is a full-time carer for his daughter who uses a wheelchair, said originally there was nothing to stop parking on the square, which could create problems with parked cars, pedestrians and through traffic.
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The plans for first-innings centurion Tamim remained unchanged and there were only two slips in place and men deposited on the square leg and backward point boundaries as Anderson opened up from round the wicket to the 21-year-old left-hander.
But having failed to get anywhere with its proposal for voting weights based on the square root of a country's population, Poland is now talking about ways of making it more difficult for large countries to block a qualified majority vote.
Overnight partner James Hildreth was run out by Richard Grant's direct hit at the non-striker's end for 69, and Mckenzie's own innings came to an end when he was caught by Andrew Davies off Croft on the square leg boundary as he looked for a 13th four.
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The presence of a Catholic church on the main square in most villages, towns and cities in the region testifies to its influence over civil society.
Remember the Chinese fable of the mighty emperor who agreed to give a wily supplicant one grain of rice for the first square on a chess board, double that for the second square, double again for the third and so on, before he realised that he would be giving away his whole kingdom's supply before the board was half-finished.
In the city of Grodno, about 500 people assembled on the central square and engaged in a few minutes of hand-clapping before police dispersed them, the agency says.
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After some casting about, as it were, I settle on the 300-square-mile High Lonesome Ranch on the western slope of the Rockies in DeBeque, Colorado.
You will be able to select blocks on the touchscreen or just scroll through them with the circle and square buttons on the Xperia Play device.
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Dozens of people were arrested on the fringes of the square, including some opposition leaders.
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Another pub whose walls talk is Cobblestone, on the main square in Smithfield.
In Santa Cruz, the valley's main town, the white adobe church on the main square will have to be demolished.
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