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Chernobyl 'Liquidators' Try to Storm Ukrainian Parliament
November 01, 2011 from Euronews
Veterans of the Chernobyl nuclear clean-up operation have been battling police outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev. Some 1,000 so-called liquidators broke down a metal fence, protesting planned cuts to their social benefits. "Shame" the demonstrators cried outside the chamber, defending their right to the payments for the sacrifices they have made. "I have already had two heart attacks, I came because I don't have anything to buy medicine with. I simply don't have enough," lamented Vasily, one of those taking part in the protest.
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