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Individuals with outstanding arrest warrants have been detained during the sweeps.

Four of those detained on Tuesday are soldiers and one is a police officer, local media reported.

The protesters had set up tents and barriers at a major junction near Tbilisi State University and security and riot police detained a number of people as they moved in to clear the area.

An Australian mining company said it would pay the military government of Mali $160 million after the authorities detained three of its executives for over a week in a dispute about taxes.

Québec will have to compensate people detained illegally.