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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's parliament unveiled legislation on Thursday solidifying police powers to hold dissidents in secret, prompting an outcry from artist Ai Weiwei and other rights campaigners caught in a surge of clandestine detentions last year. The ruling Communist Party, however, retreated from the most draconian part of rules for one kind of detention, "residential surveillance", which were proposed last year. ...More...