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MELBOURNE: A refugee footballer who was detained in Thailand and threatened with extradition to Bahrain said he “feels great” after voting in Australia´s election Saturday. Hakeem al-Araibi, who became an Australian at a ceremony in Melbourne in March, shot to international fame when he was arrested during his honeymoon last year for alleged offences in Bahrain linked to the 2011 …

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