> Golden Gate span is nothing to compare with Point Himalaya !!!
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> Pro-Tibet protesters climb Golden Gate Bridge tower
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> Jonathan Curiel,Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writers
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> Monday, April 7, 2008
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> A series of four pictures captured by a KPIX-TV Webcam sh...
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> (04-07) 11:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Three demonstrators scaled the
> south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge this morning and unfurled a
> banner in a protest aimed at drawing attention to Chinese human rights
> violations in Tibet.
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> The protest comes two days before the Olympic Torch makes its only
> North American stop in San Francisco before the games this summer in
> Beijing.
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> Alma David, a spokeswoman with the Students for a Free Tibet, said
> three people scaled one of the towers around 10:30 a.m., carrying a
> banner that reads, "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008."
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> The protesters unfurled the banner at 11:20 a.m., facing the bay.
> Authorities dispatched iron workers onto the tower a short time later
> to try to cut the banner down.
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> The California Highway Patrol said the far-right lane of northbound
> traffic on the bridge is blocked, and traffic is slow on the span in
> both directions.
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> Authorities have also blocked pedestrian access to the bridge.