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Nun of the Above
Nun slain while campaigning against Amazon destruction |
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17 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Nun of the Above Nun slain while campaigning against Amazon destruction Through heart-rending tragedy, international attention was focused with unusual intensity this week on rainforest destruction in Brazil. Dorothy Stang, an elderly nun working to slow the devastation of the Amazon by organizing locals against the powerful (and largely illegal) logging and ranching operations bent on expanding the ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, logging, news, rainforests, ranching (all these topics) |
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