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Vestas - Sit-in workers starved claim
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8-1-2009 11:03 AM
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human rights
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wind turbines
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job losses
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police
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factory closure
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8179448.stm"><H1> Sit-in workers' 'starved' claim </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8179448.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/B7706933-E81A-436A-89F7-5BAE2803D9FC" alt="Vestas protest" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8179448.stm"><B>A union has complained to police over claims that workers occupying a wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight are having their human rights breached.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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