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Article: Cruise Ship Protested on Hawaii Island
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- December 29, 2002
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Dateline: KAUNAKAKAI, Hawaii
The first visit by a luxury cruise ship to a rural Hawaiian island
was spoiled Saturday by rough water and windy conditions that prevented
1,200 passengers from coming ashore _ even as demonstrators gathered
to protest the arrival.
The quick departure of Holland America Line's Statendam from Molokai
had "absolutely nothing" to do with the approximately 100 protesters,