{"id":311552,"date":"2011-03-15T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/15\/demonstrators-in-germany-demand-closing-of-nuclear-plants\/"},"modified":"2011-03-15T14:11:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T14:11:10","slug":"demonstrators-in-germany-demand-closing-of-nuclear-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/demonstrators-in-germany-demand-closing-of-nuclear-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Demonstrators in Germany demand closing of nuclear plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"68.7551659361\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>From <b>Frederik Pleitgen<\/b>, CNN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"46.9022869023\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!-- PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/europe\/03\/15\/germany.nuclear.protests\/t1larg.germany.prot.m14.gi.afp.jpg --><!-- KEEP --><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<p>Anti-nuclear activists demonstrate in front of the German Chancellery on the evening of Monday, March 14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--><!-- \/PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/europe\/03\/15\/germany.nuclear.protests\/t1larg.germany.prot.m14.gi.afp.jpg --> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Anti-nuke demos held in German cities<\/li>\n<li>People in Berlin shouted &#8220;turn them off&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Moratorium announced on extensions of operation periods<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>Berlin, Germany (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Thousands of German demonstrators urged their leaders Monday night to shut down nuclear power plants in their country.<\/p>\n<p>The protests were staged in Berlin and other cities days after a powerful earthquake damaged nuclear plants in Japan and spurred fears of radiation there.<\/p>\n<p>Thorben Becker of the Federation for Environmental Protection, an environmental group, said the movement had received a major boost from the crisis in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Becker said more than 100,000 turned up in more than 400 cities. There were hundreds of people at the Berlin protests and shouts of &#8220;turn them off,&#8221; a reference to Germany nuclear reactors, rang through the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, protesters formed a 45-kilometer human chain between Stuttgart and the nuclear power plant Neckarwestheim. Police said around 60,000 people showed up for the protest, organized by various anti-nuclear organizations.<\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced a three-month moratorium on the extension of the operation periods for German nuclear plants.<\/p>\n<p>That move will lead to at least one German nuclear plant shutting down very soon, Germany&#8217;s environmental minister later said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Germany opted out of nuclear energy during the Gerhard Schroeder administration and the country is waiting for the operational periods of its nuclear plants to expire.<\/p>\n<p>But the more pro-nuclear Merkel government, which succeeded the Schroeder administration, had passed a law extending the lifespan of the plants.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|Read the original here|Read more from the original source|Continued here|Read more|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original here|Originally posted here|Here is the original post|See the original post|The rest is here|Read the rest here|See the rest here|Go here to read the rest|Go here to see the original|See the original post here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|See the article here|Read this article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> From Frederik Pleitgen , CNN Anti-nuclear activists demonstrate in front of the German Chancellery on the evening of Monday, March 14. 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