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A Chinese military police officer jumps off the ground to grab a protest banner from Falun Gong member Jason Loftus, as a police officer, left, grabs the other end, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year Monday Feb. 11, 2002. Loftus, of Barrie, Ontario, was quickly detained with Levi Browde, second left, of New York, N.Y., who also took part in the protest against persecution of members of the banned group in China. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)