Thousands Demonstrate Against Planned Canaries Port
November 19, 2006 @ 05:49 PM (EST)
Source: Yahoo.com
Thousands of people demonstrated to protest against plans to construct a huge port on the Canary island of Tenerife, which residents and ecologists say threatens sealife and fauna. Organisers said 50,000 people turned out to protest the EU-approved decision allowing local authorities to construct an industrial port on the coast at Granadilla on the southeastern side of the island...
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