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Police fire at mine protesters

2014-11-27 13:14:12| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters who blocked a highway with rocks and tires near Ivanhoe Mines's Platreef project to demonstrate against plans to start building the $1.6 billion platinum mine. Some members of the local community are opposed to the approval of a license that allows billionaire Robert Friedland's Ivanhoe to develop Platreef.

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Oakland protesters block freeways, break windows

2014-11-26 12:48:39| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

A man leaves a looted T-Mobile store in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, a day after the announcement that a grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. Protesters briefly shut down two major freeways, vandalized police cars and looted businesses in downtown Oakland, smashing windows at cell phone stores, car dealerships, restaurants and convenience stores on a second night of protests.

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RCMP continues arresting protesters against Kinder Morgan surveying on Burnaby Mountain

2014-11-24 08:57:32| Energy - Topix.net

His grandson, Tamo Campos, was taken into custody on November 20 after he challenged police lines. They were set up to to allow the company to continue its operations.

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Canada: RCMP Arrest Protesters at Kinder Morgan Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion

2014-11-23 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: An 11-year-old girl was among those arrested Sunday as a crowd protested survey work by the Texas-based Kinder Morgan company for a tar sands pipeline expansion through the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby. In late October, Canada`s National Energy Board granted Kinder Morgan access to begin work on their TransMountain tar sands pipeline expansion project in a designated conservation area on Burnaby Mountain. In response, community members have established a camp and prevented Kinder Morgan from...

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