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Gorleben refuses to go nuclear

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The inhabitants of Gorleben, a town in northern Germany, have been battling against plans to store radioactive waste at a dump near their homes for three decades now. They have vowed to do everything they can to prevent what they've dubbed the "train from hell" delivering the waste.

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