During the cold war, Mr Savimbi was hailed in Washington as a freedom-fighter, and given weapons.

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Despite his image as a freedom-fighter, some of Mr Tsvangirai's closest allies have accused him of behaving like a dictator on occasion.

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When they acquired a crowned head, it was one of an odd kind: a descendant of a freedom-fighter against the king of Spain.

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We are also introduced to Thoros of Myr, a Red Priest turned Robin-Hood-style freedom fighter along with a number of other men from the Brotherhood Without Banners which, now that I hear it spoken on the TV show, sounds an awful lot like Doctors Without Borders.

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The self-described "economic freedom fighter" has renewed his calls for the nationalization of mines, unnerving potential investors.

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The freedom fighter marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) was a hero of two worlds.

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AK-47, calling himself a freedom fighter.

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Great job being a freedom fighter, if you can get it -- and keep it.

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Unlike that other freedom fighter, Mohandas Gandhi, who believed in moral victory through non-violence, Bose was willing to kill and be killed for the liberation of the motherland.

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Richard Westwood-Brookes from the auctioneers said the letter was being sold by a man in India who was a freedom fighter with Gandhi.

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