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AS USUAL, THESE ARE MARK'S VIEWS ALONE. NOT HIS EMPLOYERS' VIEWS. A very distinguished journalist and former colleague of mine, John Simpson, the BBC's Foreign Editor, managed to get arrested over the weekend in Tehran trying to cover the protests. This wouldn't have scared John. In fact, he always relished an event which promoted his profile (although he will hate me for saying this). But he...