BEIJING: More than 100 people staged a rare protest in Beijing yesterday against the construction near their homes of a high-voltage power line that will provide electricity for the 2008 Olympics.
Under the watchful eye of about a dozen police officers, residents held a 20-metre (60-foot) banner reading “Reject High-Voltage Lines, Reject Leukaemia,” and expressed concern over the health effects if the line is completed.
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