More than 5,000 people took to the streets of Greece's second-largest
city on Saturday, police said, to protest against a controversial gold
mine that has frayed relations in a northern village.
Protesters
carried a banner reading "Toxic dust doesn't have boundaries. No to gold
mines" in Thessaloniki, while in Athens, 500 more gathered to shout
slogans denouncing police brutality they allege was directed at those
who have taken action against the mine.
Opponents of the venture
in Ierissos, a village on the tourist-friendly Halkidiki peninsula,
believe it could poison groundwater supplies in the area.
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