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Big protest rally to be held in Japan against the Osprey aircraft-helicopter hybrid

Ginowan, Japan - 50,000-demonstrator protest against the tilt-rotor to be held on 5 August

The protests against the deployment of the V-22 Osprey aircraft-helicopter hybrids in the US military bases in Japan keep growing: a protest is scheduled to take place on 5 August, and 50,000 persons are expected to join in the rally. It will be held in Ginowan, on the Okinawa Island, the town which hosts the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station, one of the bases where the tilt-rotors will be deployed. The...

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Rome, Italy, 07/27/2012 12:41
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