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December 21, 2009

23 Climate Protesters Arrested in Australian Coal Protest
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In Australia, twenty-three protesters were arrested Sunday after
shutting down the railway line leading to Australia’s biggest coal
export facility. Activists from the group Rising Tide Newcastle stopped
a coal train and chained themselves to it and the rail tracks to
effectively close the train line for six hours.



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