Quake-tsunami debris blocked

Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters on May 22, 2012, block the delivery for trial incineration in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, by gathering around a truck carrying the rubble, while police officers and city officials try to persuade them to leave the site. The opponents cite fear of radiation.

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