How can I remove repeated characters but leave two of them?

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Published on 2010-04-27T03:28:31Z Indexed on 2010/04/27 3:33 UTC
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If there are more than 2 characters "Hiiiiiii My frieeend!!!!!!!"

I need to be reduced to "Hii My frieend!!"

Please undestand that in my language there are many words with double chars. Thnx in advance

kplla

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