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5 arrested while protesting Hiroshima bombings at US nuclear weapons plant - International Herald Tribune

5 arrested while protesting Hiroshima bombings at US nuclear weapons plant - International Herald Tribune: "OAK RIDGE, Tennessee: Five protesters were arrested at a U.S. nuclear weapons plant during a demonstration marking the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
The five were arrested on charges of obstructing a roadway at the entrance of the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge, where much of the work was done for the World War II-era Manhattan Project, which developed the bomb."

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