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Indonesian Farmers Seek to Stop Cement Plant

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Apr 14, 2017
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Dozens of women who have taken turns staging a heated protest – their feet encased in cement “shoes” – at the State Palace in Jakarta against the construction of a central Java cement factory have been catapulted to national attention after one of the women died of a heart attack. The plans for the factory are proceeding even though both President Joko …

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