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Monday, October 14, 2013

Thousands in Romania protest plans for gold mine

Thousands of people blocked a major road in downtown Bucharest on Sunday to protest plans to create what would be Europe's biggest gold mine.
Protesters marched past government headquarters yelling, "Your treason is measured in gold!" Demonstrations also took place in other cities, including the city of Cluj, where thousands called for the 2,000 year-old site where the open-cast mine will be located to be listed as a UNESCO heritage site.....
Opponents of the mine criticize plans to use cyanide in the extraction process, while others say Romania would earn too little from the project.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/thousands-romania-protest-plans-gold-mine

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