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Austria says Ukrainian journalist's arrest on suspicion of spying was unrelated to his job

VIENNA, Oct 12 - The arrest of a Ukrainian journalist in Vienna last week was ordered because he was seen watching a location that two men suspected of spying had also surveilled, not because of his profession, the Vienna prosecutors' office said on Monday.

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✓Austria says Ukrainian journalist's arrest on suspicion of spying was unrelated to his job
✓VIENNA, Oct 12 - The arrest of a Ukrainian journalist in Vienna last week was ordered because he was seen watching a location that two men suspected of spying had also surveilled, not because of his profession, the Vienna prosecutors' office said on Monday.
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