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Pollution protestors clash with police in China

AFP

Thousands of people demonstrating over fears of pollution from a sewage pipeline at a paper factory in east China clashed with police Saturday, the latest in a series of environmental protests. The protestors overturned two cars and ransacked local government offices in the coastal city of Qidong,…