MERCURY, NEV. — Hundreds of nuclear protesters were arrested on misdemeanor charges as activists clashed with guards at an annual Easter demonstration against weapons testing at this remote desert site. Some protesters and guards suffered cuts and scrapes on Sunday when about 100 activists rushed across a cattle guard on a road near the Nevada Test Site, federal officials said. Authorities made 493 arrests on Sunday and 138 on Saturday, officials said. They estimated the number of protesters at 1,000.
Major underground nuclear weapons test rocked...
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YUCCA FLAT, NEV. — NUKE TEST. A major underground nuclear weapons test rocked the Nevada desert at dawn Thursday, unleashing a shock felt atop some Las Vegas hotel-casinos 85 miles away, authorities said. The test carried a force of 20 to 150 kilotons, the highest allowed under arms treaties, and created a shock that registered 5.1 on the Richter scale. All U.S. tests are listed as either less than 20 kilotons or as 20 to 150 kilotons. Thirteen protesters demonstrated at the main entrance to the desert site, and 11 were arrested for trespassing. It was the third blast at the Nevada Test Site this year.
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