Intrigued by the proceedings, a few onlookers form a silent group at some distance from the building.

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The group says "silent reduction" or incremental reductions over the years is not new.

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The LulzSec twitter feed, which usually provides a stream of commentary on all matters related to the group, has been silent for the last eight hours.

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Both Silent Power and OneRoof count Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group as an investor.

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After Mr Tsvangirai's withdrawal, Zambia's president, Levy Mwanawasa, who currently chairs the regional group, said it was scandalous for the SADC to stay silent.

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But reports say the noisy courtroom fell silent when Dimitris Koufodinas, known as "Poison Hand", the group's alleged top hitman, shouted that he could not hear the proceedings.

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But it's been silent today, and instead the air is full of shouts and laughter as a group of boys play in the surf.

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Perhaps this group of single men will not affect anything socially or culturally, but instead stay silent and endure their circumstance as other groups of Chinese have done in the past.

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