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Australian among 28 arrested after armed Russians storm Greenpeace ship
2013-09-20 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An Australian man is among 30 crew members being held at gunpoint on a Greenpeace ship in the Arctic after it was stormed by Russian security forces. Members of the Russian coastguard boarded the Arctic Sunrise in the Pechora Sea via helicopter and ropes on Thursday. Greenpeace says the vessel was in international waters at the time of boarding. A spokeswoman for Greenpeace in Australia said all but two of the activists were rounded up at gunpoint and held in the ship's mess. Two crew members,...
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