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Article: Protesters call for nuclear-free world; arrests at Nevada Test Site as activists mark Hiroshima anniversary.(NATION)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- August 26, 2005
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At dusk, the president of the United States climbed onto a makeshift stage in the middle of the Nevada desert and issued a stream of pardons for more than 500 protesters on the verge of federal detainment. The gathered men and women stood minutes away from crossing the line at the Nevada Test Site, the Department of Energy's on-continent proving ground, 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas and the location of nearly 1,000 atmospheric and underground nuclear tests since its creation in 1950. "I think I'll issue [the pardons] before we even get started," said the president, to overwhelming applause. "Then I'll see you on the line."
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