The parliamentary by-elections are being seen as a key test of power between the Kanu party and the opposition Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (Ford-Kenya).

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Saifuddin Bantasyam, a law lecturer who directs the Care Human-Rights Forum, an Aceh-based group, thinks the province could become a test case of international opinion.

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Dr Ian Campbell of the UK's National Obesity Forum said he was not surprised by the findings and said they would probably be replicated if the test was carried out on British doctors.

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