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Heavy Rains that Have Been Impacting Madagascar Since Late November Last Year

Vendors sell fruits alongside a flooded street in a neighborhood in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, on January 7, 2026. Heavy rains that have been impacting Madagascar since late November last year have caused the deaths of 11 people and left six others injured, according to a report released Tuesday by the country's disaster management agency. The capital, Antananarivo, is among the areas hardest hit. A total of 274 people have been affected, with 26 residential houses damaged or destroyed, said the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management. Located in the western Indian Ocean, Madagascar typically experiences its rainy season from November to March. The accompanying severe weather often causes loss of life, displaces residents, and floods vast areas of agricultural land. Photo by Sitraka Rajaonarison/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heavy Rains that Have Been Impacting Madagascar Since Late November Last Year

Vendors sell fruits alongside a flooded street in a neighborhood in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, on January 7, 2026. Heavy rains that have been impacting Madagascar since late November last year have caused the deaths of 11 people and left six others injured, according to a report released Tuesday by the country's disaster management agency. The capital, Antananarivo, is among the areas hardest hit. A total of 274 people have been affected, with 26 residential houses damaged or destroyed, said the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management. Located in the western Indian Ocean, Madagascar typically experiences its rainy season from November to March. The accompanying severe weather often causes loss of life, displaces residents, and floods vast areas of agricultural land. Photo by Sitraka Rajaonarison/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heavy Rains that Have Been Impacting Madagascar Since Late November Last Year

Vendors sell fruits alongside a flooded street in a neighborhood in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, on January 7, 2026. Heavy rains that have been impacting Madagascar since late November last year have caused the deaths of 11 people and left six others injured, according to a report released Tuesday by the country's disaster management agency. The capital, Antananarivo, is among the areas hardest hit. A total of 274 people have been affected, with 26 residential houses damaged or destroyed, said the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management. Located in the western Indian Ocean, Madagascar typically experiences its rainy season from November to March. The accompanying severe weather often causes loss of life, displaces residents, and floods vast areas of agricultural land. Photo by Sitraka Rajaonarison/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heavy Rains that Have Been Impacting Madagascar Since Late November Last Year

People cross a flooded street in a neighborhood in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, on January 7, 2026. Heavy rains that have been impacting Madagascar since late November last year have caused the deaths of 11 people and left six others injured, according to a report released Tuesday by the country's disaster management agency. The capital, Antananarivo, is among the areas hardest hit. A total of 274 people have been affected, with 26 residential houses damaged or destroyed, said the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management. Located in the western Indian Ocean, Madagascar typically experiences its rainy season from November to March. The accompanying severe weather often causes loss of life, displaces residents, and floods vast areas of agricultural land. Photo by Sitraka Rajaonarison/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heavy Rains that Have Been Impacting Madagascar Since Late November Last Year

People walk through floodwaters in a neighborhood in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, on January 7, 2026. Heavy rains that have been impacting Madagascar since late November last year have caused the deaths of 11 people and left six others injured, according to a report released Tuesday by the country's disaster management agency. The capital, Antananarivo, is among the areas hardest hit. A total of 274 people have been affected, with 26 residential houses damaged or destroyed, said the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management. Located in the western Indian Ocean, Madagascar typically experiences its rainy season from November to March. The accompanying severe weather often causes loss of life, displaces residents, and floods vast areas of agricultural land. Photo by Sitraka Rajaonarison/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Heavy Rains that Have Been Impacting Madagascar Since Late November Last Year

People travel by cart to wade through floodwaters in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, on January 7, 2026. Heavy rains that have been impacting Madagascar since late November last year have caused the deaths of 11 people and left six others injured, according to a report released Tuesday by the country's disaster management agency. The capital, Antananarivo, is among the areas hardest hit. A total of 274 people have been affected, with 26 residential houses damaged or destroyed, said the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management. Located in the western Indian Ocean, Madagascar typically experiences its rainy season from November to March. The accompanying severe weather often causes loss of life, displaces residents, and floods vast areas of agricultural land. Photo by Sitraka Rajaonarison/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UNCCD chief calls for joint efforts to tackle global land degradation

STORY: UNCCD chief calls for joint efforts to tackle global land degradation SHOOTING TIME: June 17, 2024 DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:37 LOCATION: BONN, Germany CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1.SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IBRAHIM THIAW, UNCCD Executive Secretary 2.SOUNDBITE 2 (English): IBRAHIM THIAW, UNCCD Executive Secretary 3.various of UNCCD logos and promotional materials STORYLINE: Monday marked Desertification and Drought Day 2024, as well as the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). In an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Monday in Bonn, Germany, UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw said that joint efforts are required to tackle challenges such as desertification and land loss. According to UNCCD statistics, about 40 percent of all land area worldwide has been degraded. Thiaw stressed that the biggest challenge is restoring the balance between increasing demands and shrinking resources. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IBRAHIM THIAW, UNCCD

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Israel Pounds Gaza

Palestinian residents witness the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Gaza, on October 9, 2023. The conflict has resulted in nearly 800 deaths and the displacement of 187,000 people. It all began when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7, using land, sea, and air, resulting in the loss of 1,000 lives and leaving over 2,000 injured. Hamas also took Israeli soldiers and civilians as hostages, relocating them to Gaza. In response to the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of war. Photo by Mohamed Zaanoun/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Technology helps transform saline-alkali soil into fertile land in China's Baicheng

STORY: Technology helps transform saline-alkali soil into fertile land in China's Baicheng DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: BAICHENG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenery of Baicheng 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MAO YINHUA, Head of Lihua Family Farm, Baicheng City 3. various of scenery of Baicheng STORYLINE: Modern technologies have been helping farmers in Baicheng City in China's Jilin Province reap bumper harvests on saline-alkali land. Mao Yinhua contracted 150 hectares of saline-alkali land in 2015 and tried to convert it into farmland. However, due to a lack of technology, the rice yield was very low, which resulted in a loss of over 3 million yuan (about 410,900 U.S. dollars) in the first three years. Later, experts from the Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences imparted their knowledge to Mao on the techniques for converting saline-alkali soil into arable land, and introduced saline-alkali tolerant rice varieties. In 2022, Mao's rice fields produced 8,000 kg of gr

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Evergrande Group Stock Fell

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows shares of China Evergrande falling, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, August 28, 2023. China Evergrande resumed trading on the same day. Prior to August 27, China Evergrande released the financial situation in the first half of this year, during the period of the company's operating loss of 17.38 billion yuan, non-operating loss (including litigation, land recovery, equity disposal and asset evaluation impairment, etc.) 15.03 billion yuan, income tax expenses of 6.84 billion yuan, a total net loss of 39.25 billion yuan.

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Evergrande Group Stock Fell

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows shares of China Evergrande falling, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, August 28, 2023. China Evergrande resumed trading on the same day. Prior to August 27, China Evergrande released the financial situation in the first half of this year, during the period of the company's operating loss of 17.38 billion yuan, non-operating loss (including litigation, land recovery, equity disposal and asset evaluation impairment, etc.) 15.03 billion yuan, income tax expenses of 6.84 billion yuan, a total net loss of 39.25 billion yuan.

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Evergrande Group Stock Fell

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows shares of China Evergrande falling, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, August 28, 2023. China Evergrande resumed trading on the same day. Prior to August 27, China Evergrande released the financial situation in the first half of this year, during the period of the company's operating loss of 17.38 billion yuan, non-operating loss (including litigation, land recovery, equity disposal and asset evaluation impairment, etc.) 15.03 billion yuan, income tax expenses of 6.84 billion yuan, a total net loss of 39.25 billion yuan.

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Evergrande Group Stock Fell

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows shares of China Evergrande falling, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, August 28, 2023. China Evergrande resumed trading on the same day. Prior to August 27, China Evergrande released the financial situation in the first half of this year, during the period of the company's operating loss of 17.38 billion yuan, non-operating loss (including litigation, land recovery, equity disposal and asset evaluation impairment, etc.) 15.03 billion yuan, income tax expenses of 6.84 billion yuan, a total net loss of 39.25 billion yuan.

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Evergrande Group Stock Fell

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows shares of China Evergrande falling, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, August 28, 2023. China Evergrande resumed trading on the same day. Prior to August 27, China Evergrande released the financial situation in the first half of this year, during the period of the company's operating loss of 17.38 billion yuan, non-operating loss (including litigation, land recovery, equity disposal and asset evaluation impairment, etc.) 15.03 billion yuan, income tax expenses of 6.84 billion yuan, a total net loss of 39.25 billion yuan.

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Tomato prices skyrocket in India due to incessant rains

STORY: Tomato prices skyrocket in India due to incessant rains DATELINE: June 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the India gate 2. various of rainfall 3. various of agricultural land 4. various of the vegetable market 5. various of tomatoes 6. various of people buying tomatoes STORYLINE: Tomato prices have shot up at least three to four times in India over the past one week, from 30 Indian Rupees (36 U.S. cents) to around 120 Indian Rupees (1.46 U.S. dollars) per kilogram, owing to loss of crops caused by heavy rains in several parts of the country. In Delhi and surrounding areas, tomatoes were available at 100-120 Indian Rupees (1.22-1.46 dollars) per kilogram, while in the financial capital Mumbai they were sold for around 80 Indian Rupees (97 cents) per kilogram, in western city of Kolkata for 75 Indian Rupees (91 cents) per kilogram, and in southern city of Chennai for around 70 Indian Rupees (85 cents) per kilogram. A top government official has r

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Atlanta Braves' Kawakami suffers this season's eighth loss

MIAMI, United States - Atlanta Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami (L) gets pulled from a game against the Florida Marlins by manager Bobby Cox in the fifth inning at Land Shark Stadium in Miami on July 29. Kawakami suffered this season's eighth loss, allowing seven hits and six runs in 4-2/3 innings.

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H. Matsui singles, Yankees loses 2-1 to Marlins

MIAMI, United States - New York Yankees' designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles in a pinch-hit appearance in the eighth inning of the New York Yankees' 2-1 loss to the Florida Marlins at Land Shark Stadium in Miami, Florida, on June 20.

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H. Matsui singles, Yankees loses 2-1 to Marlins

MIAMI, United States - New York Yankees' designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles in a pinch-hit appearance in the eighth inning of the New York Yankees' 2-1 loss to the Florida Marlins at Land Shark Stadium in Miami, Florida, on June 20.

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Fujiya expects to book net loss of 6.7 bil. yen in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Confectioner Fujiya Co. said March 13 it expects to book a group net loss of 6.7 billion yen in the current fiscal year to March 31, revising its November forecast of a profit of 800 million yen, due to the revelation of its use of expired ingredients in cake products. Although Fujiya will chalk up extraordinary profits from sales of assets, including the land and building of its head office in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district (shown in photo taken in January 2007), the net loss will be unavoidable because of the large scandal-related losses.

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JAL group operating profit tumbles 48.3% on flight troubles, cost rise

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Nov. 8. He said the company's consolidated operating profit plunged 48.3 percent year on year in the April-September period to 8.16 billion yen due to soaring fuel costs and flight troubles that turned away many prospective customers. The nation's top air carrier, however, managed to secure a group net profit of 1.51 billion yen, a turnaround from a loss of 12.04 billion yen a year earlier, by unloading its shareholdings.

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JAL posts 1st interim group net loss since FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Toshiyuki Shinmachi briefs reporters on the company's interim earnings report at a news conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Nov. 7.

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Traffic jams cost Japan a lot

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows traffic jams on Tokyo's No. 7 Circle Road. The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry released a report June 16, estimating annual economic losses stemming from daily traffic jams throughout Japan at 12 trillion yen, or 95,000 yen per capita. Tokyo suffered the highest annual loss among Japan's 47 prefectures at 1.55 trillion yen.

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Severe drought turns farmlands in Kenya barren

STORY: Severe drought turns farmlands in Kenya barren DATELINE: Oct. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:40 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of farms 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): JOSHUA KOBIA, Local farmer 3. various of a homestead 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): EUNICE KANJARIA, Local resident 5. various of trucks carrying relief supplies STORYLINE: Kenya is among the Horn of African countries grappling with a prolonged dry spell that has escalated hunger, malnutrition and loss of livelihoods among subsistence farmers and herders. At least 36.1 million people in the Horn of Africa will be affected by severe drought in October, the United Nations has warned. The situation is so dire in Meru County, 300 km east of the capital Nairobi. The region was known for its lush green landscape. But the once-agricultural area has been hard hit by drought due to the lack of rainfall for three consecutive seasons. The lush countryside has been turned into barren land. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): JOSHUA KOBIA, Local farmer

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest against the Castres-Toulouse motorway project - Teulat

In Teulat, in the Tarn (France), several hundred opponents of the Toulouse-Castres motorway project gathered and created a fictitious toll, and a human chain on April 17, 2021. This project, registered in 2000 and declared of public utility in 2018, would be an ecological disaster for the local population, a loss of agricultural land, but above all would see the creation of three earthwork quarries (in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Moncabrier and Villeneuve-les-Lavaur, three municipalities located along the route of the future A69). And the cost of the toll mentioned seems to them to represent a real racket, while alternatives for the development of the RN126 would be feasible. Photo by Patrick Batard / ABACAPRESS.COM