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<p style="font-size:10pt;">MADRID, (PIC)&#8211; 21 Spanish activists took over their country&#8217;s embassy in central Athens on Tuesday in protest of a decision by the Greek authorities banning the sailing of their vessels for the besieged Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The activists, who were on the vessel &#8220;Gernica&#8221;, arrived from the Cretan port city of Hania where their vessel remained docked on orders of the Greek coast guards.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Local authorities in Athens had banned a flotilla of nine vessels loaded with aid and carrying pro-Palestinian activists from sailing towards the impoverished Gaza Strip.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">In the meantime, the Greek authorities released the American sea captain, John Klusmire, who challenged the ban on his vessel and set sail for Gaza without permission.</p>
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