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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-07-11 04:53 AM
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Police evict Rapa Nui clan from Easter Island hotel
Police on Easter Island have evicted a group of indigenous people who had been occupying the grounds of a luxury hotel since last year.

The group of Rapa Nui say the land on which the hotel was built had been illegally taken from their ancestors generations ago.

They have been protesting for months over what they say are plans to develop Easter Island.

The island, annexed by Chile in 1888, is a Unesco World Heritage Site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12378736
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