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Protesters urge Obama to halt Arctic oil exploration
2013-03-21 17:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Five protesters scaled a landmark Jerusalem bridge on Thursday and hoisted a banner urging visiting U.S. President Barack Obama to halt Arctic oil exploration. The protest by environmental group Greenpeace was staged a short distance from a conference hall where Obama was later due to deliver a keynote speech to Israeli students. Defying tight security, the environmentalists used climbing gear to clamber up the cables of the 118 meter-high (390 feet) suspension bridge and unfurled a yellow...
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