11 detained after alternative fuel protest turns violent

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China: Eleven people have been detained in Yangchun, south China's Guangdong Province, after demonstrations against a project to build a waste incinerator adjacent to a cement plant turned violent.

Protesters said the demonstrations drew hundreds of people agitated over the risk of pollution from the project."How will we survive breathing in noxious smoke?" said one of the protestors.

Tension persisted for two days, with protesters saying that hundreds of people had been gathering near the gates of the cement plant.

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