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A minefield of protests over Apache 'sacred' lands

Sacred land, secret legislation, and billions of dollars. These are a few issues surrounding a controversy that has Arizona's Apache tribe taking on copper mining giants. As part of an exchange approved by US Congress, 2,000 acres of federal land will be given to the Rio Tinto mining firm, who says the project will bring economic prosperity. Apache claim the site is holy and must be protected.

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