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Vietnam tries 14 for subversion

Fourteen Vietnamese accused of links to a banned US-based opposition group went on trial Tuesday on charges of attempting to overthrow the communist government.

Policemen block a street leading to the People's Supreme Court in Hanoi on August 2, 2011. Fourteen Vietnamese accused of links to a banned US-based opposition group went on trial on Tuesday on charges of attempting to overthrow the communist government.

The defendants, who include Catholics, bloggers and students, appeared in a provincial court in Nghe An about 300 kilometres (190 miles) south of Hanoi, a court clerk told AFP, declining to provide further details.

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